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More schools are meeting the eight 'Gatsby benchmarks' for good careers guidance - but most still fall short
Headteachers' union asks members if they would be prepared to take industrial action in historic first
Soaring demand for SEND support has left councils with a £1.9 billion deficit
New rules enable government to force schools with two consecutive less-than-good inspections into new trusts
The Department for Education has set up a 'strategic tutoring advisory group'
Special schools are being starved of extra cash that instead is being passed on to their mainstream counterparts
It comes as a heads' union also balloting members said it did not 'envisage' asking them to close schools
But DfE will proceed with plan to toughen up guidance on school checks
National Education Union reveals result of ballot of over 4,000 staff in 77 sixth form colleges across England
