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Ministers set out plans for SEND reform but many key proposals will not start to be rolled out until 2025

Budget cuts mean school libraries are facing ‘stark’ future, Shirley-Anne Somerville is warned

Your round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes the government’s recommendation for teacher pay next year, an attempt to halt next week’s strikes and a new teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates

Two-thirds of schools have seen an increase in pupils arriving hungry according to research from last term

Government tells heads to ‘carefully plan’ budgets to manage the 2023 teacher pay award within core funding, but school and MAT leaders warn further staff cuts will be needed

Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes the one-off £130 million scheme will help struggling households during the cost-of-living crisis

Coalition of seven unions has written to education secretary Gillian Keegan demanding action

DfE is warned that fewer school students are getting the chance to study abroad after Brexit, as it opens applications for the Turing Scheme next year

Senior private schools merging with prep schools, and teacher trainees completing their training at independent schools, would strengthen the sector, heads are told

A stark contrast between single- and multi-academy trusts’ finances last year has been uncovered by the Kreston Global Academies Benchmark Report

Rishi Sunak unveiled a plan for all students to study maths to 18 last month, but experts warn there will be staffing ‘challenges’ in meeting this aim

Scottish education cannot be improved if there are dwindling numbers of pupil support assistants, says Scottish education secretary