DfE

Lucy Livings, deputy director of the South West’s regions group, is set to replace Hannah Woodhouse

During a start-of-term live event, the education secretary says ‘it will take some time to make sure that we have the provision in place’

List aimed at cutting teacher workload includes ‘investigating a pupil’s absence’ and ‘producing and collating analyses of attendance figures’

The DfE’s Workload Reduction Taskforce has recommended a list of tasks teachers should not have to do – but it is very similar to a list created 10 years ago

The Department for Education is expected to publish the initial recommendations from its workload reduction ‘task force’ today

This week’s essential education news includes the two main parties revealing plans to tackle post-Covid pupil absence and an appeal to Ofsted to reduce the fear of inspection

A Sutton Trust report makes it clear that schools nationwide need to ensure they are operating a fair admissions system rather than favouring pupils who will boost their P8 score

Schools minister Damian Hinds tells Tes that pupils with ‘mild anxiety’ should not be kept off school, as DfE rolls out attendance hubs

Trusts’ leader says DfE attendance measures are not enough and a ‘much more systemic response’ is needed

Officials want to help schools hire more teachers from overseas amid worsening recruitment crisis

It took nearly five years to secure a permanent site for one of the government’s flagship specialist maths schools, annual report reveals

Children affected by homelessness are also coming to school tired and hungry, a survey finds