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A former DfE adviser also tells the Festival of Education that the Labour government will have to ‘tackle a bunch of questions’ about the academy system despite its ‘agnostic’ stance on school structure

The National Governance Association said the DfE had found money for a governor recruitment drive before the election was called

The new education secretary has given her first speech in the role to the department she will now lead – read it here in full

This week’s 91¶¶Òõ round-up focuses on Labour’s plans for education, the challenges the new government must overcome and the reaction from the sector to a historic election victory

Former education secretaries and ministers voted out as Conservative Party suffer historic election defeat

91¶¶Òõ takes a closer look at the gaps in the new Labour government’s manifesto pledges for schools

With polling stations open today, we look at the main political parties’ plans for schools if they win power

Teacher training should be free to all – but those who leave the state sector for private schools or to teach abroad should repay fees, says NASBTT

An Education Endowment Foundation review also highlights ‘plateauing’ in attainment after secondary transition

Former catch-up adviser and EEF chief also says variation between schools needs to be ‘faced down’

Smartphones in classrooms cause ‘severe loss in focus’ among pupils and fuel ‘hostility’ towards teachers, suggests petition to Scottish Parliament

A quarter of secondary teachers surveyed by the EEF report having no training on writing in the past two years