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Schools say behaviour is getting worse – but findings from the government’s main initiative to tackle the problem have been delayed until next year

Warning comes as government is yet to make any commitments to funding tutoring beyond this academic year, despite widening disadvantage gap

Letter from education secretary risks ‘expectation’ that schools ‘must publish every piece of planning and resource used across the RSHE curriculum’, leaders warn DfE

Former free school head returns as education secretary special adviser, with a focus on school and family policy

School leaders have called for the government to redouble efforts to address growing pupil mental health problem since pandemic

The Department for Education has apologised to several academy trusts after mistakenly telling them they were eligible to apply for a school building fund

Unions react with anger after Gillian Keegan warns that the DfE could introduce minimum service levels for schools to curb strike disruption

Education secretary has told unions DfE will introduce minimum service levels in schools if voluntary agreement is not reached

Only a tiny minority of teachers think the Reception Baseline Assessment provides accurate information, a poll finds

GCSE performance data and secondary school league tables are out, covering everything from Progress 8 to EBacc entries. Tes breaks down the numbers

The number of pupils missing 50 per cent or more sessions in the autumn and spring terms last year was up by a quarter on 2021-22, new figures show

Decreasing pupil numbers are already beginning to impact school budgets, warns union leader