DfE

Pupil absence has remained stubbornly high this year in spite of the previous government’s efforts to bring attendance back to pre-pandemic levels

The National Audit Office warns that the DfE has “limited evidence” on how well almost half of an estimated £9.2bn it has spent supports the attainment of disadvantaged children

Bridget Phillipson accuses the Conservatives of ‘a complete dereliction of duty’ for failing to act on the pay review body’s recommendation before the election

Find out who will join education secretary Bridget Phillipson at the Department for Education

Gagan Mohindra and James Wild will serve in the Conservative’s shadow education team under Damian Hinds

Which regions are approving the most MAT mergers, and how many new primary academies are there? Tes explores the data to find out

What will Labour’s curriculum and assessment review cover, how long will it take and can teachers get involved? Here’s everything we know so far

This week’s Tes round-up includes Labour announcing a raft of education plans in the King’s Speech and calls for an overhaul of the exams system

DfE minister says new data showing that pupil suspensions have risen by more than a third in a year is ‘shocking’

Graduates are being put off teaching because of increasingly uncompetitive pay, the high workload and a lack of flexible-working opportunities, new analysis suggests

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who will jointly lead a new government taskforce, says living in poverty leaves children ‘not ready to learn’

The new Labour government has set out its plans for schools in a Children’s Wellbeing Bill announced in the King’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament