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This week’s 91¶¶Òõ round-up includes Labour announcing a raft of education plans in the King's Speech and calls for an overhaul of the exams system

Ofsted has published its annual accounts report. Here is everything you need to know

It calls for ‘fairer distribution’ of education spending, as budgets for schools, colleges and universities 'dwarf' the amount spent on CLD

School leaders will be more involved in ungraded inspections from September as Ofsted aims to 'reduce the burden' on subject leads

Becky Francis will lead a review that Labour previously said would ensure curriculum is 'rich and broad' and consider balance of assessment

Adjustments will be made to grading standards for GCSE computer science, French and German this summer

DfE minister says new data showing that pupil suspensions have risen by more than a third in a year is 'shocking'

Graduates are being put off teaching because of increasingly uncompetitive pay, the high workload and a lack of flexible-working opportunities, new analysis suggests

Ucas introducing structured questions into the personal statement for university applications will provide 'much needed clarity', says union

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who will jointly lead a new government taskforce, says living in poverty leaves children 'not ready to learn'

In primary schools the post-pandemic focus on literacy, numeracy and wellbeing is identified as a concern, while in secondary ‘recruitment challenges’ are among the factors

The new Labour government has set out its plans for schools in a Children's Wellbeing Bill announced in the King's Speech at the state opening of Parliament

Sir Jon Coles defends plan for an alternative pension scheme as union calls for its members at United Learning to attend an urgent meeting

Alternative provision leaders call for more funding and action on unregulated provision in open letter to education secretary

Fewer than one in 10 think improving education standards should be the Scottish government’s top priority – with the economy, health and housing all deemed more important

Students should be taught a more diverse range of global texts and study things such as journalism, film, TV and computer games, according to a new report

Education secretary acknowledges urgency on teacher pay and says she wants to be ‘honest and upfront’ with schools sector

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has now come into force in Scotland – but experts warn pupils and families will still need support in exercising their rights

Helen Arya was previously national director of learning and development at the multi-academy trust

Labour urged to set out how it plans to tackle widening attainment gap

Exam board review has found that the balance of assessment at secondary is 'completely wrong', says former education secretary

Education secretary hosts more than 150 school and wider education sector guests at the DfE, after pledge to 'reset the relationship with the profession'

An independent review of Reading Council's actions after the death of the headteacher highlights the 'folly of a macho culture' of high-stakes accountability in schools

The government must 'urgently' come up with a plan to support small primary schools at risk of closure because of falling pupil rolls, say trust leaders