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More staff and better training urgently needed to help pupils with additional support needs – even coffee shops set the bar higher for mandatory training, Additional Support for Learning Inquiry hears

Schools and trusts with private finance initiative contracts should start planning for when the deal expires – even if that’s several years in the future, says this legal expert

The survey findings come after free school meals were extended to every primary school pupil in London for a second year

Services such as social work, libraries and youth work will suffer if the Scottish government pushes ahead with plans to ring-fence £145.5m for school staff, say councils

The ADES president also discusses an education system ‘in limbo’, approaches to teacher CPD, teacher numbers and why education directors are not resting on their laurels

Half of school business professionals warn their school is set to run out of money within three years

Supply spend is rising across the schools system, with leaders citing the growing support needs of pupils, teacher shortages and higher supply prices as cost drivers

Schools and colleges that do not meet minimum teaching hours for maths and English GCSE resit students will face funding cuts

But education secretary says Scottish councils will face stricter teacher targets next year and threatens to enshrine in law the hours that pupils spend in class

Lengthen the school day to help disadvantaged pupils, says report – but leaders warn that this would require significant extra funding

A huge increase in children waiting for autism assessments since the pandemic proves current frameworks don’t work and better multi-disciplinary partnerships with schools are needed, says Anne Longfield

A combined authority leader explains how they have been working with schools in the North East to help meet family needs and improve children’s education experiences