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Warnings from leader of country's biggest multi-academy trust are echoed by education unions and sector groups, who urge the government not to rush the major national data project

Mainstream school spending is projected to fall in real terms, while – in a Budget with few mentions of education – the chancellor announces additional funding for PE and books for young children

Teacher training providers and prospective teachers have been left in the dark by a delay in the confirmation of financial incentives for applicants for 2027-28

The dangers of schools being drawn to the cheapest catering contracts are highlighted in a report, which also says schools are being left with fewer choices and higher prices as catering companies fail

School leaders back open letter to Andy Burnham ahead of this week's Budget, calling for an additional £4.5 billion in school funding

The plan is to deliver flood-resilience improvements to at least 150 schools across England, the DfE says

The Conservatives' Laura Trott claims the education secretary 'undermined' Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver in a TV interview

Concerns over last-minute updates to safeguarding guidance come amid wider calls for the government to pause the 'ever-expanding' requirements it makes of schools

A significant proportion of students with low prior attainment report that their maths lessons move on before they have understood the topic

Lucy Powell also opens the door to removing the limits on how much headteachers can be paid

New data shows rapid growth over the past decade – and how this is changing the management of schools as processes become more centralised

Children's commissioner says children who are influenced by harmful online content are being bounced back to school because they do not meet the criteria for the Prevent programme

One trust alone is spending £100K a year handling a huge rise in requests for personal data, which are often fuelled by parents using AI tools

Record levels of 4- and 5-year-olds meeting their development targets, annual Department for Education data also reveals

Lucy Powell says 'change will come' on antisemitism in schools as she accepts all of the recommendations in Sir David Bell’s review

The permanent secretary at the Department for Education is leaving her role after six years to be replaced by a top Home Office civil servant

DfE also presses ahead with allowing one-off bonuses for teachers and leaders, despite union warnings about pay inequality

Proposal to remove Sats would make sure schools are not incentivised to 'teach to the test', says IPPR research report

A record low proportion of governors and trustees want to take on the role of chair, National Governance Association survey also reveals

This year the government announced that Ofsted would inspect schools' phone policies as part of a major crackdown on devices – but Tes analysis reveals that such policies are rarely mentioned in inspection report cards

One in seven state schools in England has opted for a two-week October half term this year, prompting an academic to warn of a 'postcode lottery for families'

The Teaching Supply Alliance aims to give schools a 'one-stop' overview of research and policy reports on how to best recruit, retain and develop teachers

Sir Ian Bauckham tells the Confederation of School Trusts' annual conference that 'outsourcing' student thinking to AI is an 'assault' on human potential

Multi-academy trust inspections could begin ‘later in 2028’, says leading Ofsted official