Education Partnership North East
Decision comes after government launched review of all arm's length bodies
Everything leaders need to know from new statutory guidance on children missing education
Stoke's case shows councils ill-prepared for end of PFI deals
Union calls for 'comprehensive' guidance as leaders warn of communications difficulties during incidents
Government confirms plans for 'voluntary' standards, but will make them mandatory 'when parliamentary time allows'
Long tail of crumby concrete crisis re-emerges as 'questions' raised over 7-year-old mitigation
Department will use £600m from its three-year spending review settlement to extend scheme to 2029
Researchers also find worst-performing areas for disadvantaged kids likely to have more poor white youngsters
Calls for 'urgent' action to battle 'entrenched divides' as regional attainment gap grows again. Schools Week investigates
