Tuesday
Nearly half a million pupils entitled to free school transport
Almost one in 10 children with SEND who receive funded home-to-school transport travel alone by taxi, new DfE data shows
Phillipson commits to remove RAAC from schools by 2029
Government announces new timeline for removing collapse-prone concrete from schools as MPs scrutinise its progress
Monday
DfE misses key teacher pay review deadline
Teacher pay review process ‘undermined’ by the government’s late submission of evidence, warn unions
Schools ‘disincentivised’ from helping poorest children
Former DfE permanent secretary calls for major reform, warning that the school system currently fails the pupils most in need of help
Friday
New guidance on school uniform: all you need to know
From September 2026, a new legal limit on the number of compulsory branded uniform items will be introduced. To plan wisely, schools should start preparing now
Laura Trott: Heads have to ‘fight’ for exclusions
Shadow education secretary talks to Tes about the ‘pushback’ facing heads on exclusions, how schools are ‘lagging’ on phone bans and why RISE plans are ‘reckless’
Thursday
Trust leaders back 80-hour ‘enrichment guarantee’
The benchmark is one of several adopted by the government as a ‘starting point’ for its new enrichment framework for schools, leader tells Tes
Severe student absence increases
The latest DfE figures show that overall pupil absence has improved, but a higher proportion of children are missing more than half of their classes
Wednesday
SEND: White Paper delayed until 2026, Phillipson reveals
Government had been expected to set out SEND reform plans this autumn – but the education secretary says it is important to ‘take the time to listen and get it right’
Vanessa Ogden named DfE’s new regional director for London
Trust leader Dr Ogden is also a RISE adviser and on the panel of the curriculum and assessment review
