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Schools must not bear costs of statutory guidance making schools phone-free, chancellor warned ahead of Budget

Teaching Year 2 pupils to reason about maths through games and practical activities boosted attainment, EEF trial finds

Education committee chair Helen Hayes writes to education secretary asking her to 'look again' at review of how English is being taught

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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