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Disadvantaged children further behind in school than a decade ago despite £9bn spent, watchdog finds

The Department for Education (DfE) does not have a strategy to tackle the problem, a report from the National Audit Office has warned

The Independent UK

Sharp increase in pupils suspended or excluded from schools in England

Teachers struggling with disruptive and violent behaviour as record 787,000 pupils suspended in 2022-23

The Guardian - UK

UK universities need rescue package to stop ‘domino effect’ of going under

Experts say the next head of the Office for Students must oversee a programme that will protect higher education

The Guardian - UK

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Government cleaners win pay-out of up to £2,500 as strike called off

Union members say they have been treated differently to their white counterparts by being denied the London living wage of £13.15 per hour

The Independent UK

School heads urge Labour to continue funding national tutoring scheme

Programme due to close after its launch four years ago to help children in England catch up after Covid crisis

The Guardian - UK

Here’s why funding schools might not be ‘immediate priority’ under new government

Labour have walked into a public funding nightmare, and political experts share why this means funding for schools might not take their top priority.

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Bridget Phillipson launches Labour push to recruit 6,500 new teachers

Recruitment targets for teacher training courses were missed in 10 subjects in 2022/23

The Independent UK

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Flagship free school that cost £35m closes due to lack of pupils

Government funded Parkfield, in Dorset, after ‘unbelievable’ lack of due diligence, says expert

The Guardian - UK

How the Guardian investigated green space inequality at English schools

The methodology behind our comparison of outdoor areas owned by private and state schools

The Guardian - UK

Number of private school pupils rises despite claims families priced out by Labour’s VAT plan

Independent schools in England had warned plan to charge VAT on fees was putting parents off and had shut schools

The Guardian - UK

Mental health is main cause of rising absences in England, say headteachers

Nearly nine out of 10 report marked rise in pupils missing school due to mental health issues since Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Record 576,000 pupils have special needs support plan in England

New DfE figures reveal big jump in children requiring support, putting pressure on schools and councils

The Guardian - UK

Labour pledges to create more than 100,000 new nursery places

Exclusive: Party plans to set up more than 3,300 nurseries in existing primary schools in England for children from nine months old

The Guardian - UK

Mapped: One in four pupils in England are eligible for free school meals

Nearly one in four pupils in England were eligible for free school meals in January this year, up from last year

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The Guardian - UK

A quarter of state school pupils in England receiving free school meals

Department for Education data shows a record 2.1 million are eligible, up by 75,000 in a year

Evening Standard

Standard demands new pupil exclusion category that covers sexist abuse, harassment and violence against girls

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How many exclusions from school are for sexist abuse? We haven’t a clue because the Department of education doesn’t measure it

The Guardian - UK

Overseas schools given ‘British’ accreditation despite anti-equality curriculum

UK government allows British private schools in countries like UAE to use BSO kitemark while not teaching about same-sex relationships

Evening Standard

Further strikes at Wembley school set to become academy

Byron Court Primary School will be closed for two days next month

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The Independent UK

Screens and adolescents: How phones broke children’s brains

LET’S UNPACK THAT: As evidence mounts that devices are sparking a mental health crisis in young people, ‘Adolescence’ writer Jack Thorne says he thinks smartphone sales should be banned for under 16s. Helen Coffey asks whether social media and tech are really to blame – and what parents can do…

Evening Standard

Staff at 'inadequate' London school to strike over plans to turn it into academy

A North London primary school is set to close for a further five days over the next two weeks after staff agreed to take strike action against government plans to turn it into an academy.

The Guardian - UK

Education’s deepest crisis is being ignored by Westminster – and even harsher cuts are on the way

A politicians fuss over sex education, a void in special needs provision is leaving families with nowhere to turn, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Independent UK

Teachers could get protection against blasphemy claims under new laws

The report has been influenced by recent blasphemy cases, which has seen some teachers forced into hiding

The Guardian - UK

Teachers in England stretched by pupils’ mental and family problems, MPs say

Education select committee concerned that excessive workload is driving teachers out of profession

The Guardian - UK

Headteachers demand end to ‘inhumane’ school ratings in England

Union to campaign against single-phrase Ofsted judgments, threatening possible strike action

The Guardian - UK

‘Almost beyond belief’: axing of teacher recruitment scheme will worsen crisis, say critics

The government’s scrapping of the Now Teach scheme, which has overdelivered on targets for older workers, has sparked an outcry

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