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Government vow to recruit 6,500 teachers may not address shortage – watchdog

The National Audit Office has called on the Department for Education to publish a delivery plan for achieving its teacher recruitment target.

The Independent UK

Department for Education stifling efforts to boost skills, warns Andy Burnham

The mayor of Greater Manchester said there is an urgent need to devolve more powers over skills but he is facing resistance in Whitehall.

Evening Standard

Up to 4,000 places set to be rolled out at school-based nurseries from September

The Department for Education said the funding has been boosted to £37 million to help with expansion of funded childcare.

Evening Standard

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Toddler accused of being transphobic or homophobic was suspended from nursery

Data from the Department for Education reveals the child was suspended for ‘abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity’

The Independent UK

Gap of 8,000 secondary school places in special schools last year – figures

Around two in three special schools in England were ‘at or over capacity’ in the last academic year, the Department for Education said.

Evening Standard

Education secretary orders inquiry into allegations of student loan fraud

Bridget Phillipson instructs Public Sector Fraud Authority to look into whether millions of pounds falsely claimed

The Guardian - UK

Exploring the link between school exclusion and crime – new research

The rate of children permanently excluded from school in England rose against last year and is higher than before the pandemic.

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Poorer pupils ‘may not be benefiting’ from funding given to schools to aid them

The Department for Education has ‘limited understanding’ of how schools are spending £9.2 billion of disadvantage-related funding, a report has said.

The Independent UK

Government urged to restore school break times as more children miss out on play

A report has called on the Department for Education to discourage ‘the punitive withdrawal of playtime’ in schools.

The Independent UK

We can’t feed pupils for 60p, say schools in blow to Labour breakfast club pledge

Critics warn of ‘political headlines over practical solutions’ as schools battle to cover cost of government’s flagship plan

The Guardian - UK

Number of pupils off school around Christmas rises despite new rules

The Department for Education said other actions, such as a parenting order or prosecution, are being considered

The Independent UK

Number of pupils in England off school increased ahead of Christmas holidays

The absence rate was 9.5% in the last week of the autumn term, the Department for Education figures suggest.

Evening Standard

Firm led by ex-UK envoy on ethics made £13m on not-for-profit visa services

Cloud Bai-Yun was asked to resign from Ecctis, which runs language and qualifications tests for UK visa applicants

The Guardian - UK

Academy trusts have been central to UK government vision for schools for years – but that may be changing

The transformation of a local authority school into an academy is supposed to lead to school improvement. This seemed to be the case at Mossbourne Victoria Park academy in Hackney, at least in terms of its results and good-behaviour policies.

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The Guardian - UK

What kind of society would willingly traumatise its children in the name of education?

As claims about practices in two flagship London academies are investigated, it’s time to stop and think about what schools are really for, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Evening Standard

Covid campaigners criticise Wormald’s promotion to Civil Service top job

Sir Chris Wormald will leave his role as the senior official at the Department of Health and Social Care to become the new Cabinet Secretary.

The Guardian - UK

Natural history GCSE on hold as qualification seen as ‘Tory initiative’, claims campaigner

New GCSE was announced under previous government in 2022 but now ‘sitting in limbo’, says Mary Colwell, one of its architects

The Independent UK

Families to get 30 minutes of free childcare with school breakfast clubs trial

State primary schools in England can apply to join the trial before the Government’s national rollout of funded breakfast clubs.

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Schools in England lack funds to tackle rise in bad behaviour since Covid, say heads

DfE figures show more pupils suspended repeatedly, and for longer periods, than before pandemic in 2020

Evening Standard

New law needed to stop citizenship education being ‘weakly’ taught, peers told

Independent crossbench peer Lord Harries of Pentregarth has tabled the Education (Values of British Citizenship) Bill.

The Independent UK

Call to review ‘cancel culture’ in universities after ‘ostracised’ Oxford student takes own life

Alexander Rogers’s body was recovered from the River Thames in January

The Guardian - UK

Special educational needs bill in England hits record £10bn a year

National Audit Office report finds no signs of improvement in lives of pupils despite record spending

The Guardian - UK

Private faith schools in UK lobby for VAT exemption on fees under £7,690

Group says government policy would force many to close and leave deeply religious families with no alternatives

The Conversation

‘We nicknamed it Eddy’: what do schools and teachers think of AI in classrooms?

It’s almost two years since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022. Since then, educators worldwide have been grappling with what generative artificial intelligence might mean for classrooms and learning.

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Ofsted report cards could give parents the information they actually want about schools

A number of changes are taking place at Ofsted, which inspects early years providers, schools, colleges, training and apprenticeships in England on behalf of the Department for Education.

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