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Commons Education Committee chair Robin Walker asks DfE how a contract targeting the reduction of new EHCPs squares with ministerial evidence given to MPs

The education secretary made the claim as she updated MPs on how the government is handling the presence of collapse-risk RAAC

The education secretary and Downing Street were given advice to change guidance on 21 August after two incidents in which RAAC planks failed

DfE commits to a three-year deadline for reducing teachers’ working hours, and confirms it is refreshing its 2019 recruitment and retention strategy

Join the ����Vlog News team as we discuss our exclusive report that the government is set to refresh its teacher recruitment strategy in response to school staffing problems

Trusts leader flags “significant concern and anxiety” among CEOs over potential RAAC problems with maintained schools that have become part of MATs

The DfE’s language hubs are aimed at helping to improve take-up of Spanish, French and German

However, half of schools on the Nuffield Early Language Intervention were not able to finish the programme because of staff time and capacity issues, finds report

Leaders’ union cautions against using the role to add extra safeguarding ‘burdens’ onto schools

The Commons Education Select Committee heard concerns from subject experts today in its ongoing inquiry into teacher recruitment and retention

Survey highlights the difficulties faced by schools in spotting the collapse-prone concrete, as DfE admits it has doubts over some school checks

The watchdog says it will not schedule inspections at schools on the Department for Education’s list of settings with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete confirmed