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The proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in the KS1 phonics check has increased since last year but is still below levels achieved in 2019

No progress has been made over the last decade in tackling the attainment gap for children who are persistently disadvantaged, warns Education Policy Institute report

The process for dealing with the fall in birth rate through mergers and closures needs to be urgently addressed, argues a headteacher whose school faces closure

Baroness Barran and John Edwards said they would discuss fears over exam students ‘disadvantaged’ by RAAC with the schools minister

Labour announces a new focus on early years and primary school maths, and signals it is up for a ‘fight’ over private school tax breaks

‘We’ve got to stop going back to the prep school of the 1950s and address the school of the 2050s,’ says former education secretary

Late last week, the government revealed it had made a mistake in its school funding calculations for next year. But what does this mean for schools, councils and trusts?

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told the Labour Party conference that Rishi Sunak can ‘bring it on’ if he wants a fight over which party has more aspiration for children

The government is holding a ‘hackathon’ to allow schools to experiment with artificial intelligence in areas such as lesson planning and exam marking

It comes after the NEU’s Daniel Kebede said that there were ‘grounds to reopen’ the teacher pay and funding dispute

Gillian Keegan has ordered a formal review after her department revealed a mistake in the national funding formula allocations for schools for 2024-25

Former children’s tsar tells inquiry the government failed to ‘realistically prepare’ for Covid lockdowns and mitigate their long-term impact on pupils