EHRC guidance causes trans toilet trouble for schools Data suggests as many as one in four schools has mixed-sex toilets
Oh Lord: Peers now take aim at schools bill Former Tory ministers warn of ‘get out of jail card’ for ‘incompetent’ school leaders
Heads’ union pushes for academies’ right to rejoin councils In an interview with Schools Week, heads’ leader also urges government not to ‘flinch’ in the face of ‘soft on standards’ accusations
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
Unions launch legal action against the Teaching Regulation Agency Concern over non-white teachers being ‘overrepresented’ in misconduct referrals
Blair’s school absence guru calls for ‘national effort’ and public targets Nine national policy solutions from New Labour attendance expert
Health must shoulder more SEND accountability, experts tell MPs 7 findings from health experts at the education committee inquiry into SEND
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
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 a member