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Minister for school standards Robin Walker says phonics is crucial to reading development but ‘learning to decode words is just one element of becoming a fluent reader’

The Teacher Regulation Agency may get new powers to broaden how it investigates teachers for serious misconduct – but what might these changes mean for those in school?

Schools have some of the highest levels of self-isolating staff out of all the employment sectors, new figures show

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DfE plans to send ‘high-quality’ heads into standalone schools where an academy trust cannot be found to take them on

Former health secretary Matt Hancock also tells 91¶¶Òõ that ‘there clearly needs to be more support’ for mental health in schools

New research reveals data-based attempts to ‘level up’ education outcomes across England paint a distorted picture of where help is really needed – and potentially widening disadvantage gaps in the years ahead

The three core subjects of English, maths and science should be joined by PE, according to a Lords report. But what would this mean for schools? Grainne Hallahan takes a closer look

The education secretary today faced public questions about catch-up, schools’ soaring energy bills and more – here’s all you need to know

What benefits would a new digital teaching service provide – and what are the pitfalls it needs to avoid? Dame Alison Peacock and Cat Scutt from the Chartered College of Teaching break down what we know so far

Government should create a new pupil premium category for children trapped in long-term poverty, says report

Sam Freedman outlines why ‘working together across the system’ could help solve the ‘confusing’ problem of multi-academy trusts, as he provides a three-stage solution