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Lack of guidance on using the SEND register leaves schools under- and over-recording pupils as needing support for special educational needs and disabilities, say leaders

The latest cohort brings the total number of hub lead schools to 57, with more expected to be announced

Education committee chair Helen Hayes asks education secretary for ‘specific’ steps being taken to involve schools and parents in plans as ‘equal participants’

Headteachers’ leaders dismiss new individual attendance targets for every school as a ‘Whitehall diktat’ that will be an extra burden on staff

The ‘good level of development’ measure is a ‘blunt tool’ to assess children, particularly pupils with SEND, MPs have been warned

The claimaints’ call for a judicial review over smartphones in schools argues that DfE guidance does not go far enough to protect pupils

Teacher training providers also call on government to set up a national body for early career and trainee teachers

Nearly 850 single-academy trusts remain, including some of the highest performing schools in England. Labour wants them to join multi-academy trusts, but persuading them won’t be easy, finds Jabed Ahmed

The government’s approach to SEND reform is ‘disjointed’ and its ambitions will be restricted by the budget it has set for this parliament, new analysis warns

Giving all GCSE students an entitlement to study triple science will force schools to make ‘compromises and substitutions’ without a major recruitment plan, warn subject experts

As part of its response to the curriculum review, the government has outlined its intention to overhaul the performance measure. Tes has all you need to know

The DfE wants full rather than phased implementation of curriculum reform – from 2028 – and puts the brakes on inclusion of RE in the national curriculum