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The number of pupils missing 50 per cent or more sessions in the autumn and spring terms last year was up by a quarter on 2021-22, new figures show

Decreasing pupil numbers are already beginning to impact school budgets, warns union leader

The DfE confirms 43 more schools with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete as Labour brands the situation a ‘shambles’

Twelve schools found to contain the potentially dangerous concrete are still having to provide a mix of face-to-face and remote learning

New DfE data on GCSEs shows efforts to tackle the impact of poverty on education are failing and that secondary schools need more support, say sector leaders

Department for Education ministers have written to school leaders to ensure that any political activity from pupils in response to the crisis does not create an ‘atmosphere of intimidation’

The chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable explains why the group is asking schools to help shape a manifesto listing the issues that need fixing in education

Labour’s Barry Sheerman accuses the schools minister of overseeing the ‘demoralisation’ of the education sector across England

MPs have begun an inquiry into Ofsted’s work with schools – here are six highlights from the first evidence session

Accountant Peter Wyman will lead a formal review of the quality assurance process around the national funding formula

Schools minister Nick Gibb has written to union leaders after they called for a 2.7 per cent increase in funding to be restored to NFF allocations

The schools minister has rejected education unions’ call for the DfE to restore per-pupil funding to the amount announced in July