SEND review ‘steering group’ appointed to push through reforms Children’s minister defends delays to landmark review and warns Covid has ‘intensified’ issues
Archdiocese ‘ruling by diktat’ as schools told to academise by 2023 The Archbishop of Birmingham has said academisation is an “essential” reform to protect Catholic education
Revealed: 39 sixth forms and colleges to split £83m post-16 capacity fund Capital funding will help settings cope with anticipated boom in pupil numbers, says DfE
15k schools will be at ‘significant flood risk’ by 2050, with half already in danger Schools will be ‘encouraged’ to have emergency flood plans in place by 2025
Pay rises must be met from schools’ core budgets, minister confirms Robin Walker seeks to reassure leaders spending review settlement will make pressures affordable
‘Energy pods’ and bird feeders: Zahawi to set out school climate measures at COP26 Ministers also planning new model science curriculum
‘Significant’ barriers to rollout longer school days, DfE review finds The government finally publishes promised review
CO2 monitors: Almost half of promised devices delivered But data doesn’t show how many schools are yet to receive deliveries