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Education secretary stops short of confirming plans for mandatory reading test in Year 8, but defends the testing of students’ literacy skills

Government urged to 'meet schools in the middle' as unions highlight impact of poverty on learning

NFER says teacher shortages will leave schools relying on non-specialists, timetable changes or returners to plug gaps

Schools disagree on whether the police should be called to every incident involving a knife, according to a government report

Government also says that Oak National Academy's creation as an arm's-length body has added a 'degree of risk and uncertainty' to domestic edtech market

Teacher Tapp survey of KS1 and EYFS teachers finds 67 per cent faced technical issues when administering the Reception baseline assessment

Inclusion focus risks ‘danger’ for schools directed to take on pupils whose needs they cannot meet, warns leader

In an exclusive interview, Ofsted's national director of education insists it will be able to fund an increase in monitoring inspections under its new system – despite not having tried to predict the likely number

Schools need to look at much earlier interventions to improve outcomes for disadvantaged white children, a new study suggests

More than seven in 10 school leaders are not satisfied with Ofsted’s new inspection system, a poll of ASCL members suggests

And nearly half of primary teachers now say that pupil misbehaviour affects their wellbeing, DfE survey finds

DfE report calls for more teacher-focused tools and ITT training to support early identification of pupils' needs

DfE consultation proposes removing the subsidy currently being given to independent schools for Ofsted inspections

Children’s commissioner says campaigners have waited ‘many, many years’ for the ‘significant milestone’

Every pupil in Scotland will be given the right to take part in an outdoor education trip lasting a whole school week if the proposed legislation is adopted

Seven in 10 teachers say they lack the support they need from key services, such as mental health and access to learning, an NFER survey finds

With schools being hit by a drop in student numbers, one former education secretary warns that the per-pupil funding formula is leaving them unable to cover their fixed costs

Charity produces alternative White Paper seeking national availability of resourced provision and access to speech and language therapists for all schools

Experts say scrapping controversial benefits limit would reduce child poverty but would not help the government achieve its school-readiness targets

Dame Rachel de Souza calls for changes to the way referrals are overseen amid concerns that vulnerable pupils are more likely to face abuse at school

After Keir Starmer's reshuffle, three new ministers joined the Department for Education. Find out who they are and what responsibilities they have

Think tank calls for ministers to make it clearer to headteachers that their school will be backed if they decide to exclude

Skills learned through performing music in school, such as confidence and collaboration, are valuable in a wide range of careers, new research shows

Some 36 per cent of secondary teachers report that a non-specialist is teaching children who have just moved up to their school, a Teacher Tapp poll for 91¶¶Òõ shows