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21 April 2026

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Big Education’s merger with Oasis given go-ahead

10h | Academies

DfE set to make school phone ban guidance statutory

12h | Schools

Education questions: Ministers quizzed on school food standards and falling rolls

1d | Politics

17 leaders named regional chairs of KS3 alliance

4d | Schools

DfE invites bids from AI tutoring pilot partners
5d | Education technology

Don’t ‘prolong staggered starts’ for reception pupils, schools told
5d | Early years

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Scrapping essays over AI fears ‘never off the table’, says Ofqual boss
5d | Assessment

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Registers of children not in education ‘burdensome’ for not much value, pilot suggests

5d | Attendance
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Child poverty strategy ignores schools as ‘central partner’, says Teach First

5d | Politics
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We need more money if you want us to change school food, say caterers

5d | School food

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Teachers’ pensions delays ‘unacceptable’, says minister

5d | Pay and conditions
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Don’t scrap industry-prized diploma, pleads BRIT School boss

5d | Assessment
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Trust that ploughed reserves into school improvement slips £3.4m into deficit

5d | Academies
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Investigation

Academy bosses’ salaries are on the way up, but women are missing out at the top
5d | Academies

Exam board fined £270,000 over errors in physics papers
5d | Assessment

Educational psychologist shortage puts SEND reforms ‘at risk’
5d | Inclusion

Secondary teacher job adverts hit a historic low as market ‘contracts’
5d | Recruitment and retention