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School leaders’ unions say the education secretary’s ‘pursuit of a headline’ over RSHE could damage people’s faith in schools

DfE faces questions after original SEND contract notice said government reforms would address the ‘cost burden’ caused by demand for services

Local authorities will today receive details of funding aimed at boosting school-based wraparound care

The proportion of referrals to social services being made by schools is increasing, new DfE data shows

The DfE has published details of the £40m hardship fund to support schools announced alongside the teacher pay deal in July

Half of the one-off £40m hardship fund announced for schools as part of the summer pay deal will go to local authorities with school deficits over 1% of income, the government has revealed

Schools say behaviour is getting worse – but findings from the government’s main initiative to tackle the problem have been delayed until next year

Warning comes as government is yet to make any commitments to funding tutoring beyond this academic year, despite widening disadvantage gap

Letter from education secretary risks ‘expectation’ that schools ‘must publish every piece of planning and resource used across the RSHE curriculum’, leaders warn DfE

Former free school head returns as education secretary special adviser, with a focus on school and family policy

School leaders have called for the government to redouble efforts to address growing pupil mental health problem since pandemic

The Department for Education has apologised to several academy trusts after mistakenly telling them they were eligible to apply for a school building fund