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New Radcliffe secondary school plans edge closer as pool and leisure centre set to be demolished

Radcliffe currently has no high school with more than 1,700 children travelling outside the town for lessons

Manchester Evening News

Improvements mean termination notice lifted at Nottinghamshire school

The were rated inadequate by Ofsted

Nottingham Post

Heads say rising pupil absence is ‘extremely concerning’

Teachers say absence rates are a ‘wake-up call’ in terms of how much disruption may occur in the winter.

The Independent UK

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Teaching unions warn of strikes in England despite reports of improved pay offer

Review body said to have told DfE 3% rise inadequate and instead recommended 5%

The Guardian - UK

Parents question Covid rules amid rise in school cases

With cases spiking, it's leading to pupils and staff absences once again

Manchester Evening News

Nadhim Zahawi makes U-turn on schools bill after criticism

Minister scraps plans to increase DfE control of academy trusts, derided as ‘ridiculous attempt to centralise power in Whitehall’

The Guardian - UK

Tories U-turn over Schools Bill 'power grab' after peers threaten revolt

Education Minister Baroness Barran told peers that chunks of the Schools Bill would be stripped out amid anger at plans to give the Government power to dictate academy standards

Daily Mirror

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Bristol parents' struggle as SEND pupils 'educationally homeless'

As of January 2022 there were 32,700 children or young people in the UK with EHCPs outside of formal education

Bristol Post

Thousands in England miss out on their top pick for schools

Figures show many didn't get their preference on National Offer Day, but fewer primary pupils may have meant a better chance.

Wales Online

English schools warn of acute teacher shortages without ‘inflation plus’ pay deal

Figures show impact of pay on recruitment as unions tell education secretary to compensate for inflation or face strikes

The Guardian - UK

The Earth's Corr: 'Gold diggers' now have access to a quarter of Northern Ireland

Department for Economy has issued 13 prospecting licences since 2016 with another four under consideration

Belfast Live

Thousands of England's schools have buildings in dire need of repair

Poor state of many buildings was revealed in a survey of more than 20,000 schools across the country

Wales Online

Government appointments commissioner to run Sefton's Children's Services after Ofsted row

The decision follows an Ofsted report which was highly critical of the local authority

Liverpool Echo

Universities’ reliance on overseas income leaves them at financial risk – report

Risks could see courses or campuses close, report warns.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Student loan interest rate to be capped at 7.3% in autumn, says DfE

Ministers intervene to stop interest rate in England and Wales reaching 12% with inflation by September

The Guardian - UK

Dear Nadhim Zahawi, do you think curbs on university entrance will be levelling up?

Even the DfE’s own assessment has found restricting access to loans would shut out ethnic minority students

The Guardian - UK

Current pupils will have left school before tutoring scheme hits goal, says Labour

Analysis claims catch-up plan for English secondary pupils will take more than five years to deliver

The Guardian - UK

Government ‘pushing England’s universities out of teacher training’ over leftwing politics

Higher education leaders say ministers think departments are full of ‘Marxists’, as top universities fail accreditation process

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The Independent UK

Government criticised over ‘alarming’ pupil absence figures

Nearly a quarter of pupils were persistently absent last autumn term.

Daily Mirror

Civil servants work in corridors after DfE runs out of desks in return-to-work push

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said in April that he had told his team to return to pre-pandemic work arrangements in offices after figures showed just a quarter of staff were going in

The Independent UK

Government staff work in corridors over desks shortage

The news came after Department for Education staff were told to return to the office.

The Independent UK

Desk shortage forcing civil servants to work in corridors and canteens after back-to-office order

Staff outnumber desks by two to-one acrossd department, report says

The Guardian - UK

Push for civil servants to return to office backfires as DfE runs out of desks

Department for Education ordered workers to spend 80% of their time in the office leading to ‘chaotic’ conditions

The Guardian - UK

England’s crumbling schools are a ‘risk to life’, officials warn No 10

Exclusive: Leak reveals that the education department is battling with the Treasury for £13bn needed for rebuilding projects

The Guardian - UK

UK government suspends engagement with NUS over antisemitism allegations

The education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, said he was ‘seriously concerned’ by reports of alleged antisemitism within the organisation

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