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The multiplication tables check and phonics screening check are ‘unnecessary’, the NAHT tells the government’s review of curriculum and assessment

Increase in challenging behaviour from children and parents is impacting teachers’ mental health and wellbeing, charity warns

Subject experts call on curriculum review to ensure science learning reflects students’ interests in sustainability and climate change

DfE is to take ‘a fundamental look’ at the SEND system and it is working with the Treasury on a solution for council deficits

But report warns that post-16 study of maths in this country only caters for a ‘small elite group’, meaning many proficient students drop the subject

Government could use money saved through falling pupil rolls to provide extra funding for students who are long-term disadvantaged, says EPI report

Two sentences spoken by the education secretary in a speech last week will be critical to building a system in which every child can thrive, says trust leader Jonny Uttley

Child Poverty Action Group is calling for an urgent review of the free school meal threshold, after revealing the extent of school dinner debt incurred by schools

The government’s recent announcement of RISE teams is promising, but there are challenges ahead, writes Loic Menzies

School leaders should devise programmes to ensure underrepresented students can see a way into Stem careers, say EPI and CfEY

Sir Kevan Collins tells the Confederation of School Trusts’ conference that ‘we’ve sometimes slipped into a shallow compliance culture’

School leaders say they need help as rising numbers of students ask for special arrangements to sit GCSEs and A levels