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23 April 2026

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Almost four in 10 leaders expect school to cut SEND support next year

6h | School funding

Bristol school’s decision to postpone MP visit based on ‘safeguarding concerns’, review finds

18h | Schools

Ofqual issues first ‘rebuke’ of exam board over ‘serious failures’

20h | Assessment

Schools given ‘limited’ DfE help with falling rolls, warns government auditor

1d | School funding

Big Education’s merger with Oasis given go-ahead
1d | Academies

DfE set to make school phone ban guidance statutory
1d | Schools

Education questions: Ministers quizzed on school food standards and falling rolls
2d | Politics

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17 leaders named regional chairs of KS3 alliance

5d | Schools

DfE invites bids from AI tutoring pilot partners

6d | Education technology

Don’t ‘prolong staggered starts’ for reception pupils, schools told

6d | Early years

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Scrapping essays over AI fears ‘never off the table’, says Ofqual boss

6d | Assessment

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

6d | Attendance
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Child poverty strategy ignores schools as ‘central partner’, says Teach First

6d | Politics
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We need more money if you want us to change school food, say caterers
6d | School food

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Teachers’ pensions delays ‘unacceptable’, says minister
6d | Pay and conditions
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Don’t scrap industry-prized diploma, pleads BRIT School boss
6d | Assessment
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Trust that ploughed reserves into school improvement slips £3.4m into deficit
6d | Academies