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Union leader says it's time to 'strip back our national curriculum to its essential core'
Leaders describe new data as 'extremely worrying' as exam students remain worst-hit by absences
Starting salaries will rise, but more experienced teachers face 5% real-terms pay cut, warns think tank
Children's commissioner calls for reform after finding 'significant weaknesses' in data held by local authorities
More than one in ten schools still report high staff absences
DfE says 'Your Time' programme will offer opportunities for girls to access competitive sport
Schools told to plan budgets over multiple years to make best use of 'frontloaded' funding settlement
But most teachers and leaders would see smaller rises of 3% next year and 2% the year after
But white paper is likely to kick decision on forced academisation down the road
