DfE’s using ‘influencers’ to boost school attendance The Department for Education also revealed in its response to MPs that the attendance data collection will become mandatory ‘no sooner’ than September
Just half of secondary teacher recruitment target met The secondary target has been missed 10 out of the last 11 years
Home education register plan ‘blocked’ from King’s Speech Top DfE boss suggests long-promised plans for register of children not in school were put forward to become law in the next year
Keegan won’t set RAAC eradication deadline until the new year Education secretary says she won’t give ‘definitive date’ until all schools have been made safe, as number affected increases to 231
PISA: Results show ‘significant de-emphasis’ on science – Spielman While England’s maths and reading scores had been improving, science results have fallen steadily since 2012
PISA 2022: ‘Reason for optimism’ but ‘job not done yet’, says Hinds New schools minister praises ‘huge amount achieved’ by ‘everybody involved in education’
PISA 2022: Gibb hails ‘phenomenal success’ of ‘evidence-led’ reforms Long-serving former schools minister says results show the Conservative government’s reforms are ‘here to last’
Failed contractor’s £45 million schools to be demolished and rebuilt But one of the schools says work will take four years, as ministers take legal advice over recouping costs from collapsed construction company
Why is academy conversion suddenly so attractive again? There are now 608 schools using the voluntary converter route to move out of local authority control