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Give every secondary school a violence against women and girls lead – charity

Youth Endowment Fund also calls for a £100 million investment in violence-reduction programmes

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unions launch legal action against the Teaching Regulation Agency

Concern over non-white teachers being ‘overrepresented’ in misconduct referrals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Blair’s school absence guru calls for ‘national effort’ and public targets

Nine national policy solutions from New Labour attendance expert

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE publishes decade-old academy investigations

Investigation ‘outcome’ reports into five academy controversies dating as far back as 14 years published

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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Delivering 6.5k new teachers pledge is ‘significant challenge’, says DfE

Government officials flag concern over Labour’s flagship manifesto promise – but Phillipson highlights ‘green shoots’ of progress

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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Health must shoulder more SEND accountability, experts tell MPs

7 findings from health experts at the education committee inquiry into SEND

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Rise in teacher applicants across most subjects, as targets cut 20%

Expert says teacher supply problem ‘may finally be coming to end’ with double boost for Labour’s recruitment pledge

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
RISE teams

45 more advisers recruited to join ‘best of the best’ RISE teams

Four in five of the government’s new school improvement consultants are from the trust sector

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School funding

Labour warned over ‘ruinous’ £800m budget shortfall if pay rises unfunded

School funding takes centre stage at education questions as Conservative MPs say ‘heads stressed beyond belief’ over budgets 

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NASUWT re-opens leadership election after legal challenge over Wrack appointment

Union had blocked one of its national officers from challenging ex-FBU chief on the grounds that he was not…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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STRB recommends teacher pay rise ‘close to 4%’ – reports

Leaders say further unfunded pay rises would cause ‘ruinuous harm’ – but No 10 rule out extra cash

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exclusions

‘Undue focus’ on pupils’ race risks ‘over-complicating’ exclusions, says judge

School ‘vindicated’ after ruling it acted lawfully when it excluded a boy of black Caribbean heritage

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks