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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Two maths schools have also been given the go-ahead but most of the 44 mainstream free-school schemes that were on hold look set to be scrapped

Leaders question government decision to drop special and alternative provision free schools amid pressure for specialist places

Hackney safeguarding chair will write to the education secretary to voice concerns over criticism of the review from DfE behaviour ambassador Tom Bennett

School leaders are not planning changes to arts provision, despite the scrapping of the EBacc, polling reveals

Demographic decline is squeezing school budgets and forcing political choices. Is it time to rethink the way schools are funded?

Leaders question education secretary's suggestion that creating more specialist places in mainstream schools will address SEND cost pressures outlined in Budget