DfE had ‘no formal process’ to prevent £370m funding gaffe Probe into funding blunder reveals ‘coding mismatch’ meant pupils in two new council areas were missed
‘Bankrupt’ councils eye education budgets for savings School leaders urge government to invest more in public services amid potential cuts
Dire teacher recruitment data should concern policymakers Improving the attractiveness of the teaching profession is an essential and urgent need, writes Jack Worth
Report reveals how top trusts closed ethnicity attainment gap Diversifying curriculum was one of the successful strategies in government study commissioned after Sewell report
Help us ‘minimise’ exclusions, councils tell regional directors The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) wants academy regulators to ‘play greater role’ in cutting exclusions
Keegan ‘deeply concerned’ as children miss school to join pro-Palestine protests Education secretary says ‘missing school for activism is unacceptable’ as groups stage school strikes
Ofsted has ‘moved too far’ from outcomes data, says former chief Wilshaw also says inspections don’t look ‘enough’ at teaching quality, and warns single-phrase judgments give parents ‘false comfort’
The schools trying to go green, and what’s stopping them We lay bare the challenges leaders encounter as they go green, following warnings DfE could miss carbon goals
Council’s £800 exercise results in £1.2m school funding boost It has prompted fresh calls for a system of auto-enrolment for free school meals