Schools ‘expected’ to publish music development plan summaries Website summary ‘should reflect how a school delivers music education to pupils and what changes they are planning in future years’
Scrap primary tests for ‘digital SATs’ at 14, says think tank EDSK also renews calls for GCSEs and A-levels to be replaced by a four-year ‘baccalaureate’
Home education abuse review: ‘Protective’ school factor ‘missing from lives’ Review into deaths and abuse of 41 children finds they were ‘less visible to agencies than those who attend school’
DfE ‘lack of engagement’ with outdoor space inquiry criticised But top civil servant says department ‘does not hold formal joint responsibility for the policy areas in the inquiry’
Teachers’ pensions: Emergency fund needed to cover grant shortfall Union leaders write to ministers after warnings that schools face funding shortfalls ‘of £70,000 or more’
Catholic school caught up in row over abolition of 50% cap Education secretary criticised for launching faith reforms at school with fewer pupils on free school meals
Alternative provision: Let disrupted pupils repeat year 11, says de Souza DfE should also fund ‘graduated stepdown programme of support for all year 11 leavers’
Revealed: Secret deal to let benefit fraud squad snoop on pupil data Leaders warn the move may lead to parents ‘withdrawing their children from schools’
Unregistered AP clampdown: Everything you need to know Time limits on placements, new national standards and a council-run quality-assurance process proposed by the DfE