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Local authorities with the biggest SEND deficits see their spending on places in independent special schools rise by up to 58 per cent, Tes analysis shows

The 43-school trust will be led by Warwick Sharp, following the resignation of Julian Drinkall last May

The NAHT launches advisory group, which will include the watchdog and DfE, amid concerns over new inspection framework

The largest multi-academy trusts are generating millions by investing surplus cash, but sector leader warns this must not replace core funding

Modest growth at Higher level offers hope amid ongoing concerns about declining popularity of languages

Trusts face a ‘bleak outlook’ with their budgets despite a strong financial performance last year, Kreston report warns

Peers back an amendment to the government’s schools bill, despite Labour warnings that the change would leave schools victim to ‘ridiculous market forces’

The House of Lords votes in favour of a statutory ban on phones in schools, despite the government strengthening its guidance on this issue last month

Education minister Olivia Bailey tells MPs that the department wants to see more men ‘teaching, guiding and leading’ in schools

Education experts giving evidence to an MPs’ inquiry into the decline in children reading for pleasure make four recommendations to address the problem

Some senior leaders who have experienced the new report-card inspections have described them as ‘brutal’, ASCL tells schools’ conference

Multi-academy trust is the subject of a review following controversy over a decision to postpone a school visit by a Jewish MP