DfE

Permanent secretary says there is no ‘baseline’ yet to measure progress towards the recruitment target – but details will be set out after the spending review

From pupil absence to teacher retention issues, we tolerate widespread, low-level failure. The system must act before dysfunction becomes unignorable, says this headteacher

Many schools involved in the pilot scheme for free breakfast clubs are worried about not having enough funding to support pupils with SEND, a Tes survey reveals

The former government behaviour adviser and lead of the behaviour hubs programme is set to reapply for the renamed behaviour hub ‘ambassador’ position

Experts have their say on the government’s approach to initial teacher training, CPD and the Early Career Framework at the Schools and Academies Show

Department claims that under the Conservatives it created special-school places for pupils who could have been educated in mainstream schools

Across the Atlantic better integration and stronger collaboration provide a fairer system for all, writes one MP who is part of a Commons committee investigating the SEND support crisis

Expansion of mental health support in schools announced alongside the launch of 90 attendance and behaviour hubs

Schools are in danger of reaching the point where cuts to staff mean that opening their gates poses health and safety risks, leaders warn

SEND adviser Dame Christine Lenehan says new reforms will change the ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ that the system has become

Six months ago the government proposed a 2.8 per cent pay increase for 2025-26, but the size of the uplift is still yet to be decided – leaving schools with a budgeting headache yet again. Ellen Peirson-Hagger analyses data from the past decade to see what we should expect this year

DfE scheme to make PE lessons more inclusive aims to reach more than 240,000 pupils over three years