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Don’t miss your round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ must-read news and analysis from the past week, including Rishi Sunak’s ambitious plan for maths, a warning to schools over Covid and flu infections and tips to improve teacher wellbeing

Just one in five newly qualified primary teachers are in a permanent job after probation, while only half of new secondary staff are hired

Union and policy leaders criticise prime minister Rishi Sunak after he set out his priorities for the new year – but didn’t include education

How would extending maths teaching for all until 18 impact the education sector? We crunch the numbers to see if such a plan is really feasible – and why moving to a different age range may make more sense

Rishi Sunak to unveil new ambition to improve numeracy in first 2023 speech tomorrow

ASCL general secretary Geoff Barton said it was ‘deeply worrying’ that so many pupils currently miss out

Sam Freedman explains why 2023, despite it likely being calmer than the 12 months gone by, will still be full of intrigue and drama ahead of the next general election

New analysis from the Liberal Democrats suggests 234,500 pupils entitled to FSM in England are not registered for them

Full rollout of free school meals to all primary pupils now looks like it will happen, at best, two years after original target date

Dozens of schools told just before Christmas they will face an NTP funding audit in the new year

Presents, airbeds and hampers – a 91¶¶Òõ survey reveals the extra efforts schools have been forced to make to stop pupils and staff falling through the costs-crisis net this Christmas

New data shows absence was as high two weeks ago as it was at a similar point during high Covid rates last year