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Permanent exclusions from school have also dropped and are now similar to pre-pandemic levels, DfE figures show

Mainstream and AP leaders question the government’s focus on resourced provision and SEN units in its drive to create a more inclusive school system

Findings from the latest DfE behaviour survey also indicate that leaders, educators and pupils disagree about the extent to which their school is ‘calm and orderly’

Successive governments have failed to tackle entrenched inequalities in early years outcomes for boys from low-income backgrounds, IfG report warns

Science minister Lord Vallance says £4 million research programme aims to support faster intervention

The Department for Education says it has boosted funding for free school breakfast clubs by 28 per cent, after leaders warned the money was falling far short

Government’s headline rise to minimum per-pupil funding largely reflects grants being rolled into the NFF, leaving schools facing real-terms cuts, says Simon Oxenham

‘Monitoring’ of the first batch of schools going through the new regional school improvement system is taking place this term, says DfE official

More than a third of education staff are also at risk of clinical depression, according to charity Education Support

There are multiple issues with the government’s new AI-powered attendance targets – but the most pressing is that they will deter schools from being inclusive, argues headteacher Michael Tidd

Exclusive data obtained by Tes shows the Department for Education spent more than £200,000 on influencer marketing from April to October this year

The DfE is introducing enrichment benchmarks to push schools to deliver more extracurricular clubs – but research shows that teachers are already working unpaid and out of hours to deliver such activities