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Labour wants to reform the watchdog, while the National Education Union favours abolition
The watchdog found schools struggling with staff shortages, unclear Covid measures and identifying learning gaps
Green paper proposes three-tier system focused on early intervention in mainstream schools
Ministers face calls to increase pupil premium funding to cover tutoring and literacy and numeracy focus
And government is still over a million courses away from its annual year target
Government's case for full academisation is 'flawed', say union leaders
Heads question guidance changes and end to free testing as Covid continues to disrupt schools
Education secretary says system is failing and reform is 'long overdue'
Changes to the way AP is funded and used by schools have been put forward by the government
