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DfE confirms that 129 councils have received cash grant payments to clear 90 per cent of their deficits amid warnings that overspend will continue

Education secretary puts her confidence in Sir Martyn Oliver on record in letter responding to Tory criticism, and also confirms she is working with Ofsted on inspection framework reforms

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

Motherland star Anna Maxwell Martin and the creators of Unauthorised Absence talk to ÌÇÐÄVlog about getting teachers’ input into the film, which shows how fines pit parents and schools against each other

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 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

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