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Six in 10 governors and trustees say that balancing their school budget is now their biggest challenge

Alternative Big Listen survey suggests the inspectorate has lost the confidence of the sector, with nine in 10 respondents saying it is not fit for purpose

One fifth of new teachers leave the state sector after two years, new government data shows

This week’s education news round-up focuses on Bridget Phillipson taking the helm at the DfE and how she will put her party's ambitious plans for education into action

Most trust finance chiefs say their organisations are vulnerable and eating into their reserves to cover costs

Former education recovery commissioner appointed as non-executive director at the Department for Education

Leora Cruddas, chief executive of the MAT sector body, says trusts should know their schools and heads, and not be reliant upon Ofsted to highlight problems

Former education secretary and schools minister appointed to the Conservatives' opposition front bench

The number of marks needed to pass maths has fallen following this year's 'deliberately tricky' paper

Schools should instead adopt a 'collaborative approach', providing support to families of pupils with poor attendance, study finds

MAT leaders have said that the SEND system needs 'radical reform' and should be fixed as a 'priority'

Department for Education also says it will expand the national teacher recruitment campaign but has not set out any details

International Baccalaureate results are out – here's how students performed in the UK and around the world

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

A small trial giving Scottish schools access to marked papers last year found ‘almost all’ had concerns about workload – but schools also welcomed the ‘learning opportunity’

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

Election purdah has deepened delays to specialist maths schools programme, trust leader warns

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