Ark stands by chair Sir Paul Marshall over social media activity The Conservative donor has been accused of liking and sharing extremist posts
Ofsted: Employers lack skills to help SEND pupils on work experience Leaders ‘prioritised work experience and many were building relationships with employers’, but with ‘mixed results’
‘Sizeable minority’ of academy trusts ‘vulnerable’ as pupil numbers fall Analysis finds hundreds of primary-only or majority trusts could be in financial jeopardy
‘Severe hardship’ as thousands of schools get 0.5% funding rise Academy trust body requests emergency funding following government’s reduction in minimum per-pupil funding levels
More than 10,000 pupils ‘fall through the cracks’ – de Souza Children’s commissioner makes wide-ranging recommendations to make school system more ‘inclusive’
Unions express ‘frustration and disquiet’ after DfE pay evidence delayed Missed deadline comes after STRB remit letter was issued just days before Christmas
Rate of pupils leaving for home education doubles Poorer areas see some of the biggest rises, as more parents withdraw children because of unmet needs
School mobile phone ‘ban’ guidance: What you need to know DfE publishes non-statutory guidance it says will give ‘hard-working teachers the tools to take action’
Pupils share food with classmates amid cost of living crisis Poll for the NEU finds 37% of children know someone who ‘sometimes does not have enough food to eat at lunch’