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The government has also announced a £25m investment to upgrade wireless networks in schools

Overall absence continues to fall, but figures for the most severely absent pupils have reached highest numbers since data collection began

Labour has allowed itself to get distracted by unnecessary squabbles – but the plan for a SEND White Paper could lay the foundation for important work on poverty and attendance, says Sam Freedman

More male teachers are needed to help address the gender attainment gap, says report

Legislation would mean over 1,000 private schools would no longer be able to claim business rate tax relief

School leaders’ union warns members are reporting that DfE funding announced yesterday will not cover in full increases in national insurance contributions

Measures are already in place to allow schools to ban phones, says education minister

It is ‘not possible to assess which schools are inclusive’ using official data, report warns

The education minister is ‘concerned’ by reports of poor behaviour in the classroom, he tells 91¶¶Òõ

DfE’s inclusion group chair Tom Rees will lead programme calling for examples of schools running resource provision and SEN units, and using specialist learning assistants

Speaking at the ASCL conference, the education secretary set out the priorities for the RISE teams’ universal support offer

The number of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities has soared in recent years. But is there enough provision to meet their needs? 91¶¶Òõ analyses the latest data