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8 October 2026

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DfE comparison site to close after ‘school profiles’ pilot

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Revealed: How academy trusts justified bumper CEO salaries

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Greens promises ‘review’ of education secretary’s powers

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Ministers to consider extra ‘safeguards’ for SATs contracts

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Ministers plan ‘ed tech certification scheme’
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DfE rejects almost 100 applications for regional director role
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Private school slump ‘offsetting’ state sector falling rolls
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Phonics results return to pre-pandemic levels

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Chartered College of Teaching to review decade-old CPD standards

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Let schools keep £3.3bn teachers’ pensions saving, NEU urges chancellor

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Andrew O’Neill leaves DfE adviser role early

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Ofsted pauses NPQ and ECTE inspections for another year

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Government approves ‘more than 9 in 10’ local SEND reform plans

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Conservative conference 2026: Schools Week live blog
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What if we stopped asking what young people know? We should ask them what they can do with it.
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Teachers dealing with poor behaviour have worse health, warns union
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Private special schools take control of their admissions
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Greens promises ‘review’ of education secretary’s powers

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DfE comparison site to close after ‘school profiles’ pilot

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The seven years before count, not just the final nine months

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The obstacles in Lucy Powell’s race to curriculum reform

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How to find out what inclusion strategies leave out
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It’s vital that all children get off to a good start
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No employee should need to be medicated just to do their job
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Ministers to consider extra ‘safeguards’ for SATs contracts
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