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Schools are going into deficit ‘to provide the right help for children’ as funding lags behind demand, heads’ union leader warns

Children’s minister David Johnston responds to concern over plans to reduce new EHCPs by 20 per cent

RAAC crisis has shone a light on chronic underfunding for school buildings, unions and governors tell Rishi Sunak

There’s no point designing new qualifications if there’s no one there to teach them and no resources to teach them with, argues Sam Freedman

The Chartered College of Teaching has joined ITV and mental health charities to launch a homework task aimed at getting pupils talking to their families about their feelings, reveals Dame Alison Peacock

By failing to align with the Achieving Best Evidence guidance used by police and social workers, schools risk inadvertently collecting evidence that may be undermined in court

Education spokesperson Munira Wilson on what the party would do for schools to be unveiled at the Liberal Democrat Conference

This week’s essential education news includes a sharp rise in Ofsted reports changed after school complaints, criticisms of Rishi Sunak’s plans for a British Baccalaureate, and 27 new schools being added to the list of those containing RAAC

We round up advice from teaching unions and school leader bodies, as public sector unions prepare for strike action that will affect many schools for three days next week

Education experts question whether the prime minister’s post-16 plan would mean replacing A levels and warn there are ‘nowhere near enough teachers’ to deliver it

How schools can ensure that new parents working in teaching are supported before, during and after maternity leave

Inspectorate told that schools need to be able to appeal to an independent body with the power to challenge or reopen inspections