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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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

‘Bankrupt’ councils eye education budgets for savings

School leaders urge government to invest more in public services amid potential cuts

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Dire teacher recruitment data should concern policymakers

Improving the attractiveness of the teaching profession is an essential and urgent need, writes Jack Worth

Samantha Booth
Jack Worth
Schools

Report reveals how top trusts closed ethnicity attainment gap

Diversifying curriculum was one of the successful strategies in government study commissioned after Sewell report

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

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

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

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'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker