Tim Coulson named new DfE regions group director general Unity Schools Partnership CEO announced as John Edwards’s replacement in key DfE position
Pioneering free school censured over ‘inaccurate’ budget forecasts Notice to improve issued to one of England’s first free schools amid string of rule breaches
Support plans ‘misused’ to ‘force out’ teachers from schools, say campaigners More than 100 teachers have shared stories of the ‘misuse’ of support plans, which they say are pushing out staff in a ‘traumatic’ process
Post-16 AP funding gap exposed as school raids reserves AP school forced to use £180k of reserves to launch sixth form, reigniting calls for post-16 transition funding
Government lacks ‘coherent plan’ to boost teacher recruitment MPs also tell ministers to assess how effective pay rises are at retaining staff amid concerns over 6,500 teacher target
Enforcement ‘first’, legal threats and place ‘caps’: Councils reveal admission woes Watchdog report shows widespread clashes between councils and academy trusts as Labour plans school admission reforms
‘It’s refreshing Labour isn’t thrusting random vision on sector’, says Francis Curriculum review chair says government’s approach means her review won’t ‘tip the sector over’
DfE officials ‘concerned’ over school building impact of Grenfell bans Warning government action against firms could hit ‘every’ school project, amid ‘concerning’ DfE emails
MAT backtracks on ‘dangerous’ pension changes, unions claim England’s biggest MAT will no longer roll out controversial pension plan from September, NAHT says