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91¶¶Òõ has gathered all of the key information from the Labour government’s schools White Paper

Schools will get access to £1.6bn inclusion funding and ‘Experts at Hand’ as part of the government’s long-awaited SEND reforms

Government announces target to halve disadvantage gap, along with plans for funding reform, a new progress measure and retention bonuses for heads

Teachers’ maternity pay offer will rise to eight weeks, in line with NHS staff – but it will still be significantly below that of some public sector workers

The government’s withdrawal of key financial incentives for teacher training has fuelled fears of a ‘hierarchy’ of subjects – with some already recording a drop in applications

Students feel most connected to school when they take part in activities outside the classroom, such as sports days and school trips, suggests University of Oxford research

Findings are further proof that the government rollout of AI-generated attendance targets for individual schools has been ‘botched’, says leaders’ union

National standards and price bands to be introduced for independent special schools as part of government SEND reforms

Government inclusion adviser Tom Rees speaks to 91¶¶Òõ ahead of the publication of the schools White Paper and SEND reform plans

Local authorities could be transporting 100,000 more pupils with SEND to school by the end of the decade unless there is significant reform, say councils

Legislation is designed to give children a stronger voice in decisions around their participation in religious education and observance in schools

Julie McCulloch, currently senior director of strategy at ASCL, replaces Natalie Perera, who stepped down at the end of January