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Can Labour put all schools into trusts?

The government’s schools White Paper sets out a goal for full academisation - but Tes analysis suggests that it would take decades to turn this into reality

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Schools must teach healthy relationships to tackle violence against girls

Teachers will be given specialist training to talk to students about issues such as consent, as part of a new government strategy to address misogyny

‘Static’ SEND funding puts support at risk, heads warn

Government announces that the use of its national formula for allocating high-needs funding for councils will be paused ahead of its planned reforms to the SEND system

Warning of ‘cognitive decline’ if schools miss out on AI development

England's biggest education union voices fears following the announcement that a Google subsidiary is looking to adapt its chatbot for use in schools

IB issues November exam results to 23,000 students

International Baccalaureate highlights an almost 7 per cent increase in candidates sitting its November exams, including some resit students in the Northern Hemisphere

Pupils in crowded and damp homes miss more school, study finds

Poor-quality housing affects educational outcomes as well as health, UCL research shows

Impact of huge rise in ASN numbers highlighted by teachers

Teachers 'struggle to deal with the diverse demands placed upon them', warns EIS union as it points to the stress and workload associated with additional support needs

Empty churches could be used for pupils with SEND, says Reform

A working group on tackling the SEND crisis is launched by Reform UK, to be led by former DfE minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns

5 key challenges in teacher recruitment and retention

Teacher workload and leadership 'churn' are among the big issues for the school workforce, an MPs' committee hears from the NEU, ASCL and NFER

David Ross Education Trust announces new chief executive

Simon Rose had been interim chief executive of the 36-school trust since September and has held other senior roles across DRET

Reigate Grammar to open school in Turkey next year

Reigate Grammar School will be the first British private school brand to open in the country – and it has plans for three more schools in Turkey

Most teachers have a homeless child at their school

And three-quarters of teachers say that homelessness has led to pupils doing poorly in assessments, research shows

Chemistry curriculum fails to reflect digital reality, RSC warns

Students are completing time-consuming tasks by hand, whereas professional scientists use advanced tools such as AI and machine learning, says Royal Society of Chemistry

No extra funding for teacher pay, Treasury confirms

Treasury says the DfE must fund any teacher pay award from its existing budget, with no additional money being provided beyond spending review settlements

Exam board fined a record £2m for ‘serious breaches’

Ofqual says the size of Pearson's fine for three separate cases reflects the 'serious nature' of its failures, which affected 'tens of thousands' of students

Google seeks to develop chatbot for teachers

Google DeepMind aims to build a version of its Gemini chatbot that can be used by teachers and is trained on the national curriculum in England