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The education secretary says the move will ‘broaden the pipeline’ of recruits into the profession

Measures will require councils in England to promote regular school attendance

DfE names providers that will be delivering the new Sendco national professional qualification from autumn this year

Coalition guide calls on schools to only engage with parents of a gender-questioning child ‘with explicit consent’ of the young person

The annual Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel report contains key information for school safeguarding leads to help shape future practice and avoid serious incidents occurring

Sir Martyn Oliver should use the calls for Ofsted reform to reassert the fact the inspectorate reports directly to Parliament, not the DfE, says Geraint Jones

Ofsted inspectors have to undergo new training on understanding small schools before being able to inspect settings with 150 or fewer pupils

CST says ‘complex debate’ needed on the fairness of rules over register removals after Astrea says not all schools follow legal advice

The new CEO of Oasis Community Learning came up through the trust services route, not the school route. He tells Matilda Martin why he thinks more leaders with this background would be good news for the sector

With P8 increasingly under fire from critics, a suspension of it occurring imminently and Labour eyeing reform, Grainne Hallahan looks at whether the measure is on its way out

Jenny Gilruth has been told ‘teachers are struggling’ and need the government to deliver on its 2021 pledge to cut class contact time by 90 minutes a week

This week’s essential education news includes the NEU’s plan to win support for teacher strike action and a major change to training and early career frameworks