DfE

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

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