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MPs warn schools are using money aimed at supporting disadvantaged pupils to plug gaps elsewhere – but leaders say more funding is needed

Rob Tarn says schools struggling with attendance can make a difference with pupils who ‘could come to school all the time’

Watchdog’s evaluation of its Education Inspection Framework says it may have resulted in schools focusing too much on reading

With research revealing the gap between the number of children in poverty and those getting free school meals, the Education Policy Institute echoes calls for automatic enrolment

Matt Wrack would be the first general secretary in the union’s history not to have a teaching background

The number of complaints made to Ofsted following school inspections has increased by 60 per cent over the last three years

Attendance rates for Scottish schools are among the worst in the UK – here we reveal the proportion of pupils regularly absent from school by council and sector

The number of students being physically abusive and violent in schools has increased over past year, teachers tell an NASUWT Scotland survey

Move comes as teachers report growing behaviour challenges, and amid uncertainty over behaviour policy

The NAHT warns that its members are facing increasing abuse including threats, online trolling, discrimination and violence

Figures come on the day that next year’s secondary school offers are being confirmed

Safeguarding oversights and superficial assessments listed in report as causes for concern – but two other British schools overseas inspectorates do meet standards, Ofsted says