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Exclusive: DfE funding decision criticised as ‘short-sighted’ and ‘giving out with one hand and taking away with the other’

Schools with the most affluent intakes will get the same per-pupil extra DfE funding for Covid catch-up as those serving the poorest

Teachers keen to help disadvantaged pupils will volunteer for evenings, weekends and half-terms, says former Ofsted boss

Children’s commissioner says the reopening of schools must be the government’s ‘number one priority’

The government is reportedly set to back down on plans for all primary pupils to return to school before the summer holidays

Academy trust expresses anger at decision to transfer free school that received damning Ofsted verdict on safeguarding