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New centre is launched to support staff ‘on the front line of a new challenge’

Your essential guide to the key regional advisory board decisions in April 2025 across the country

And five other key points from the Department for Education’s annual report

New data shows both primary and secondary schools will start to feel the impact of declining pupil numbers from 2027 – far earlier than previously thought

Academies fighting more than 20 admission appeals will no longer be able to claim towards the costs

Julian Appleyard, currently CEO of a nine-school MAT in Yorkshire, will start his new role in 2026

But local authorities say that government funding to date does ‘not come close’ to the true cost of delivering the policy and it could have ‘a detrimental impact’ on pupils

Independent school teachers are more than twice as likely to have received formal AI training than state school peers, Sutton Trust report suggests

The DfE has published revised relationships, sex and health education guidance, and Oak National Academy has announced new lessons to go along with it

There will be a reduced number of inspections in the first two months as the watchdog seeks to address sector concerns

Education Policy Institute report highlights ‘looming inequality crisis’, with disadvantaged pupils falling further behind

Suspensions and permanent exclusions as a result of physical assaults on adults have increased sharply, DfE data shows