DfE to let councils invest absence fines in attendance support The DfE has also published more prescriptive guidance for schools, trusts and councils on attendance policies
Breach school capacity and class limits if needed for Ukrainian children, says DfE Schools can exceed their published admission numbers and class size limits to ensure children from Ukraine have places
White paper: What academy shakeup means for trusts, councils and schools Trusts should have 10+ schools, councils will run academies and good schools may exit trusts in shakeup of ‘messy’ system
DfE to help schools on PFI handover – but guidance ‘too late’ Government guidance admits hundreds of projects risk ‘disruption’ and paying twice for repairs when PFI deals eventually expire
Councils cut primary school places as baby boom flattens Pupil numbers are expected to fall by around 300,000 over the next five years
Let schools quit trusts and create super-regulator to complete academisation, ministers told Ex-adviser also calls for ‘range of new powers’ for councils under fully-academised system
Academy avoids rebrokering threat until third ‘inadequate’ rating The leeway given to Nuneaton Academy raised eyebrows, with other academies and maintained schools facing swifter intervention
Raid on school budgets next year as £41m council grants axed Councils warn school improvement services and maintained schools face a financial hit, with grant cuts expected to incentivise more academy conversions
Investigate trusts amassing ‘substantial reserves’, watchdog tells DfE A report found mainstream school finances had “held up well” in recent years, despite austerity cuts and other funding pressures