Absence fines rake in £19m as schools and councils get strict Takings from absence fines were 17.5% higher last year than before the pandemic
DfE raided capital coffers for £250m towards teacher pay grant Funding also came from tutoring underspend and 16 to 19 cash, but DfE refuses to give more details
Keegan calls for return to ‘more sustainable’ teacher pay rises Education secretary tells teacher pay body that schools only have 1.2 per cent headroom in budgets
The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about Ministers publish new guidance that will become statutory from September
Number of children ‘missing education’ rises a quarter 117,000 children were not registered at a school and not receiving a suitable education elsewhere at some point last year
Absence fines rise to £80 and daily data mandatory from September Penalties for unauthorised absence will hit £80, and all schools will have to join attendance tracker scheme
Persistent absence risks children’s futures. Here’s how we’ll address it Raising fines and making guidance and daily data submissions mandatory will boost early intervention and a support-first approach, says Damian Hinds
Reception baseline test: Partial move to digital delayed Standards and Testing Agency had planned to move some elements of the test on-screen from 2024
Labour’s school improvement teams will deliver misogyny training Research shows rise in references to sexual harassment, abuse and safeguarding incidents in Ofsted reports