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Ofsted to pilot independent complaints system

New complaints service will be able to make recommendations about grading to Ofsted’s chief inspector

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Barton urges new government to review White Paper

Former headteachers' leader warns government is trying to do too much and warned it could 'flog the system to death'

National centre promises to ‘revitalise’ arts in ‘under-served’ schools

New online centre's drive for high-quality arts teaching and enrichment will prioritise 'children and communities currently least able to access them'

Secondaries gain ‘flexibility’ on school food standards

Government sets out healthy food plans after consultation received mixed views on a range of proposed restrictions

Fears over lack of teachers for new natural history GCSE

Experts also highlight concerns about the new qualification overlapping with other subjects and schools' ability to provide equal access to high-quality fieldwork

Pupil attainment rises ‘substantially’ more in MATs, finds study

But Confederation of School Trusts' research report admits there is 'uncertainty' over the reasons why academies showed greater improvement in results

Heads in Middle East hit out at ‘incomprehensible’ grades

After international A-level and GCSE exams were cancelled due to the Iran war, contingencies were put in place but school leaders say the process has been 'a shambles', with grades for entire cohorts making 'no sense'

Hundreds of schools denied cash for fire safety repairs

Tes investigation reveals how schools are 'pitted against one another' to secure funding for building repairs

Powell: No more ‘dog eat dog’ culture between schools

Education secretary tells Tes she is 'agnostic' about school structures as she sets out her ambitions for technical education

High SEND schools 5 times more likely to miss Ofsted inclusion standard

Experts warn of 'serious flaws' in the watchdog's framework and question why schools with higher levels of SEND and disadvantaged pupils are getting lower grades

Free breakfast clubs scheme will take 7 years at current pace

DfE wants all primary schools to have free breakfast clubs by the end of this Parliament, but 17 months into the scheme, more than 14,000 schools are still without one

Schools use robots to help tackle school avoidance

New Schools Network announces two year-long projects aimed at improving parental engagement and attendance

Fund schools to keep classrooms cool, leaders tell government

Capital funding is needed to make schools climate-proof following this summer's record heatwaves, a school leaders' union warns

KS2 Sats: Disadvantage gap rises to highest level in 4 years

The disadvantage-related attainment gap has only been higher in three years since 2010-11, while today's DfE data also shows that girls continue to outperform boys

9 in 10 secondaries financially ‘worse off’ than in 2010

Coalition of teaching and school leader unions says schools would need an extra £4.5 billion a year to restore funding to 2010 levels

Early years experts demand ‘urgent review’ of RBA

The Reception Baseline Assessment contradicts the government's own screen-time guidance for young children, says letter to education secretary

DfE apologises to primary heads for prior attainment error

Schools are advised that progress scores will not be affected, but heads voice fears about 'additional stress and workload'

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Schools ‘desperate’ for clearer AI guidance

School leaders are struggling to respond to the rapid growth of AI, Commons Education Select Committee told

Taylor’s Schools expands into Thailand with four-school deal

The international schools group has acquired St Andrews International School campuses from Cognita – with CEO Angelina Tee promising ‘more to come’

Schools risk ‘financial millstone’ from DfE solar deals

Schools warned against entering potentially decades-long private financing agreements

Quarter of schools cannot afford teacher pay rise, union warns

NASUWT urges the government to increase education spending to at least 6 per cent of GDP, saying that schools will be forced to cut jobs

Retraining physics teachers ‘more cost-effective’ than bursaries

Helping teachers become physics specialists could be around eight times less expensive than increasing trainee bursaries, analysis finds

Pisa: scores rise in science but flatten in maths and reading

DfE hails ‘strong' results for England in international tests, but makes the case for change

BSO inspectorates prepare for huge workload increase

The removal of Penta, which carried out more than half of British Schools Overseas inspections, puts the two remaining inspectorates under pressure – but they say they are ready