DfE

Defeated amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was supported by the House of Lords and teaching unions

Leaders say the government’s claim that schools can afford teacher pay rises ignores their growing costs, including the prospect of energy price hikes due to the Middle East conflict

Education Endowment Foundation says the introduction of digital assessment must not have a ‘detrimental impact’ on disadvantaged students, in its response to Ofqual consultation

Treasury has committed to ensuring that every primary school has a library by 2029, but these facilities could include former ‘storage spaces’, Tes can reveal

Flagship fund to improve inclusion in mainstream schools ‘won’t go very far at all’, and a clear national strategy is needed on how to use it, government is told

The Public Accounts Committee has urged the government to clarify how it will tackle high spending on transporting children to school

New allergies guidance will give parents confidence that schools can keep their children safe, says early education minister Olivia Bailey

Government says falling rolls will require fewer teachers – but this would maintain larger class sizes and ignore regional differences, say experts

MPs dismiss warnings that forcing thousands of schools to publish two sets of financial accounts would be an unjustified burden

Sir David Bell has been appointed to lead an independent review into how schools and colleges in England identify, respond to and prevent antisemitism

Government has not set out how its flagship reforms will result in savings, fiscal watchdog says.

Teachers’ union leader calls government projections ‘ludicrous’ and ‘insulting’