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New special schools aren’t being built quick enough to cope with the rising demand for places – and this is a problem that urgently needs to be addressed in the government’s SEND review, says Simon Knight

The fund is used to help schools facing staffing problems as a result of high absences

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Suggesting schools use much-fought-for budget increases to soak up rising energy costs seems a perverse plan – not least because it is money that would be better spent on catch-up efforts, writes Dan Worth

Exclusive: Applications for a new international competition – set up to celebrate schools in the wake of Covid – close on 1 March

As school leaders warn that soaring energy bills could result in job losses, the education secretary does not commit to providing extra funding

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

Education secretary writes to headteachers as a senior MP suggested the government should break its contract with Randstad

Secondaries will be able to bid for grants of up to £3,000 for equipment or teaching resources in a government scheme to refresh the subject

E-ACT multi-academy trust has flagged up concerns over both staff payments and a contract

Recent pledges to raise standards will come to nothing if the government does not address the systemic issues that schools face, says Chris Rossiter

There are too many small schools in the country, according to a government five-year plan for the primary and post-primary sectors