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FFT Education Datalab has issued a warning around the ‘additional pressure’ the increase could put on alternative provision 

DfE confirms statutory measures to combat low attendance, including national framework for parent fines

Confederation of School Trusts urges government to review school league tables and consult on replacing inspection grades

A trust CEO and former head who has always banned phones in his schools says he hopes new government guidance will encourage others to do likewise

Education secretary Gillian Keegan reflects on the positive role schools have played in welcoming children fleeing the war in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in 2022

Rory Gribbell, who has held jobs in the DfE and Downing Street, has been made Ofsted’s director of strategy and engagement

This week’s essential education news includes Tes analysis of what the biggest MATs paid their chief executives last year, and new government guidance recommending that schools ban phones

Two in five teachers have worked extra hours without payment in the past year, TUC study finds

Delay comes after teaching unions the NEU and NASUWT said they would ballot members for industrial action over teacher pay again this year

The children’s commissioner told Commons Education Select Committee MPs today that she would like to get a national picture of how schools restrict mobile use

The government turns down recommendations for 11-16 changes made by a House of Lords committee

Guidance says school behaviour policies should make it clear that pupils can be searched for mobile phones and similar devices