Cake out, lentils in: What schools need to know about food standards overhaul Government is planning an 'ambitious' revamp of school food standards. But what exactly is being proposed?
School improvement teams ‘will offer support to all’ New regional teams pledged in Labour manifesto will be rolled out from early 2025
Consider sell-on clauses when flogging school land, leaders told Department for Education’s property arm publishes new guidance to help schools ‘unlock potential’ in estates
‘Utter farce’: DfE says sorry for funding email gaffe Trusts given ‘false hope’ they would no longer have to bid for repairs cash
Revealed: the experts advising ministers on teacher training reforms review Academy bosses and Oak chief sit on new panel to ‘challenge’ government over ECF and ITT reviews
Sluggish SEND review risks leaving kids ‘stuck in vicious cycle’, says de Souza ‘We have two more years of children being fed into this cycle with commensurate poor outcomes that has necessitated the review in the first place’, says children’s commissioner
Another UTC to close after failing to attract students The Watford UTC will be the 13th university technical college to shut, in a fresh blow for the programme
Evidence not needed for short mental health absence, says DfE Government says GPs are ‘unlikely to be able to offer such evidence to support one-off absences related to mental health’
More than 500 staff apply for DfE ‘voluntary exit’ scheme Staff ‘who don’t have the skills’ needed for the future offered pay-outs to leave by May