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Exclusive: Department for Education says Richard Holden has been appointed as special adviser to new education secretary

Teaching union warns that funding new free schools through social impact bonds ‘could create perverse incentives’

Tory MP Suella Braverman says free schools could agree to reduced per-pupil funding to help fund start-up costs

Entrepreneur sees first-hand the pressure on school support staff as she goes undercover for TV’s The Secret Teacher 

Accounts reveal DfE and the owners of the West Sussex site disagree about what should happen to proceeds of proposed sale

School leaders frustrated that government ‘fast-track’ spending review won’t deliver an immediate injection of funding