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The government wants an inclusion base in every mainstream secondary but lacks basic data on what specialist facilities already exist – and Tes analysis reveals huge regional gaps in provision

Annual DfE data for pupil absence indicates overall improvement in the attendance rate, but severe absence continues to rise

Some teachers are ‘discouraged from reporting incidents’ of violent student behaviour, warns the leader of NASUWT teaching union

Government sets out expectations for what schools’ universal offer should look like and how they can use its new Inclusive Mainstream Fund

Analysis of likely ‘winners and losers’ from A8 changes also forecasts reduced uptake of triple science and a boost for creative subjects, while languages would see a smaller increase

Girls from lower-income backgrounds face a ‘double disadvantage’, University of Cambridge research shows

Year 4 saw the biggest increase in exclusions and suspensions last term, data submitted by more than 9,000 schools indicates

Schools should not be ‘call centres’, warns teaching union as research reveals that nearly half of SLT staff spend more than 30 minutes a week calling parents

Schools are ‘navigating AI under real pressure’, says the IBO, as it publishes five draft AI design principles to provide schools with ‘a clear, values-led foundation’

Financial pressures are already forcing teacher training providers to close subjects and move training online, NASBTT research warns

Children’s commissioner is among those calling on ministers to restore absence to pre-Covid levels

Assessing oracy through AI would put ‘no increased burden’ on teachers, says the head of the Chartered College of Teaching