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Internal truancy is a drain on teachers’ time and resources, harms pupils’ life chances – and could be about to get worse, a ÌÇÐÄVlog investigation reveals

‘Seamless continuity’ promised by DfE’s in-house property company, in announcement that follows review of all arm’s-length government bodies

Snap polls by NAHT and NEU show respondents strongly opposed to Ofsted’s report card inspections

Analysis of more than 1,200 pupil premium strategy statements identifies main challenges facing schools

Opposition MSPs criticise slow and ‘incoherent’ response to worsening behaviour in Scottish schools

DfE confirms plans to intervene in more ‘stuck schools’, and will consult on how to define low attainment

NASBTT ‘pleased’ that watchdog considered many of its members’ recommendations for updated inspection framework

Education secretary enters race after Angela Rayner’s resignation

Heads’ union to ask its executive and council if members should be urged to withdraw from work as Ofsted inspectors

Ofsted is pushing ahead with its plan for a five-point grading scale but announces a series of changes to school inspections launching this term

Royal Society of Chemistry annual survey also finds that science teaching staff are struggling to deliver practical lessons

Report calls for action to reestablish the importance of school attendance amid concerns that almost half of parents think it is ‘reasonable’ for a child to be persistently absent