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Council bosses say schools and local authorities need more certainty on the money that will be available to make the special educational needs reforms work

Warnings from leader of country’s biggest multi-academy trust are echoed by education unions and sector groups, who urge the government not to rush the major national data project

Mainstream school spending is projected to fall in real terms, while – in a Budget with few mentions of education – the chancellor announces additional funding for PE and books for young children

Teacher training providers and prospective teachers have been left in the dark by a delay in the confirmation of financial incentives for applicants for 2027-28

School leaders back open letter to Andy Burnham ahead of this week’s Budget, calling for an additional £4.5 billion in school funding

The plan is to deliver flood-resilience improvements to at least 150 schools across England, the DfE says

The Conservatives’ Laura Trott claims the education secretary ‘undermined’ Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver in a TV interview

Concerns over last-minute updates to safeguarding guidance come amid wider calls for the government to pause the ‘ever-expanding’ requirements it makes of schools

Lucy Powell also opens the door to removing the limits on how much headteachers can be paid

Children’s commissioner says children who are influenced by harmful online content are being bounced back to school because they do not meet the criteria for the Prevent programme

One trust alone is spending £100K a year handling a huge rise in requests for personal data, which are often fuelled by parents using AI tools

Record levels of 4- and 5-year-olds meeting their development targets, annual Department for Education data also reveals