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Peers back an amendment to the government’s schools bill, despite Labour warnings that the change would leave schools victim to ‘ridiculous market forces’

The House of Lords votes in favour of a statutory ban on phones in schools, despite the government strengthening its guidance on this issue last month

Education minister Olivia Bailey tells MPs that the department wants to see more men ‘teaching, guiding and leading’ in schools

Education experts giving evidence to an MPs’ inquiry into the decline in children reading for pleasure make four recommendations to address the problem

Some senior leaders who have experienced the new report-card inspections have described them as ‘brutal’, ASCL tells schools’ conference

Multi-academy trust is the subject of a review following controversy over a decision to postpone a school visit by a Jewish MP

DfE director general Dr Tim Coulson expresses hope that the ambitious schools White Paper is ‘weeks away’

A quarter of parents avoid reading to their children because they lack belief in their own ability, finds Parentkind poll, as schools contend with ‘weaker language foundations’

Lift Schools, the fifth biggest multi-academy trust in England, says it is increasingly looking at income beyond government funding to support its schools

Union leaders have warned that the penalty notice system is ‘clearly not working’ following latest data

The DfE’s behaviour hubs programme saw schools shifting towards restorative rather than zero-tolerance behaviour management policies, says final evaluation report

The schools White Paper will introduce measures that keep more suspended pupils in school under supervision, instead of sending them home, says DfE