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Schools minister tells MPs that a decision on changes to education, health and care plans has not yet been made

Government accused of ‘flying in the dark’ over the impact of its planned changes to eligibility for free school meals

International trainees and teachers are helping to tackle England’s recruitment crisis, but those who move here face huge obstacles. Cerys Turner explores why this is – and what should be done about it

Elections to the DfE’s regional advisory boards are due – but no votes have been planned, ����Vlog understands, fuelling speculation that the boards, which advise on academy decisions, could be scrapped

The National Institute of Teaching’s trust leader development programme will no longer be funded by the government, ����Vlog can reveal

An update to the Academy Trust Handbook says trust boards must document their approach to executive pay

The pace and scale of the government’s education reforms risk falling short – ministers need to listen to the sector and increase investment, writes Carl Ward

ASCL and NAHT set out ‘unprecedented step’ being considered in letter to education secretary

The wait for this year’s Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, which was due to contain ‘substantive’ changes, is causing ‘unnecessary anxiety’, warn safeguarding leads

Giving schools less than a term’s notice of a new inspection framework is ‘entirely unjustifiable’, unions warn the education secretary

Hopes of positive change at Ofsted were high when Sir Martyn Oliver was appointed – but the current plans for new inspections, and the timetable for introduction, are unworkable, writes ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio

School leaders warn that the plan must focus on supporting rather than placing “additional expectations” on under-resourced schools