Councils urged to create ‘voluntary’ home education registers DfE also recommends data-sharing with police and GPs as plans for a compulsory register remain in the long grass
Labour would scrap minimum service levels for schools Bridget Phillipson says ‘attack on the rights of working people’ is an ‘admission of failure’ over last year’s pay dispute
Thousands wait months for DBS checks as police overwhelmed As many as one in ten school workers faced waits of over 60 days in some areas last year, investigation reveals
Council’s £800 exercise results in £1.2m school funding boost It has prompted fresh calls for a system of auto-enrolment for free school meals
Catch up: Some tutoring may have harmed pupil outcomes But study into Randstad-run year of NTP found school-led tutoring likely led to ‘small’ boost in results
SEND system is ‘lose, lose, lose’, admits Keegan Education secretary also says parents use ‘tribunal factor’ to get kids into ‘very expensive independent schools’
Pupil number forecast revised up, but steep decline still expected Higher-than-expected primary pupil numbers in this year’s school census may be the reason, says DfE
GCSE disadvantage gap widens again Gap in attainment between poorer pupils and better-off peers widest since 2011