£85m quietly slashed from school climate change scheme Spending watchdog says DfE has ‘no plan in place’ to meet government decarbonisation targets
Capita loses out on £233m Teachers’ Pension Scheme contract to Indian IT firm Outsourcing firm has run the pension scheme for 27 years, but also recently pulled out of teacher training contract
School uniform rules have limited impact, poll suggests Calls for further action as The Children’s Society survey shows rising uniform costs and branded items still rife
Gender row school: Badenoch ‘grandstanding’ over inspection demand Minister’s intervention in gender controversy branded ‘unnecessary and unhelpful’ by union
Minister wants schools to benefit from AI revolution Data privacy experts consulted over future use of pupil data by artificial intelligence
DfE eases inclusion agreement with grammar schools New MoU ‘toothless’ say campaigners, but heads say they remain committed to inclusion
Revealed: Scale of parent shut-out on academy decisions Transparency concerns as analysis shows just one in 10 advisory boards had public representations
School leaders and governors named in King’s birthday honours Forty-eight people with links to England’s school system named in honours list
Top educational psychologist course closes after DfE funding reallocation UCL’s doctorate in educational psychology, the longest-established course of its kind, has begun ‘winding down’ due to fewer funded places