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She will replace Bridget Phillipson, who has been in the role since Labour came to power in July 2024

The government’s chief legal adviser, Richard Hermer, speaks exclusively to Tes about citizenship, rule of law teaching and social media

Primary schools were due to receive the assessment results on Tuesday

Education leaders call for more support for Sendcos as the role becomes increasingly demanding

‘Bizarre’ government proposals risk lumping together pupils with vastly different needs, and stripping out mental health support, leaders tell Tes

Academy trusts are raising more cash themselves, but there are concerns over growing disparities in the sector

The arts are too often sidelined in favour of English and maths, says NEU president during event calling for ‘restoration’ of arts to the curriculum

An £860m SEND funding pot is being skewed towards large councils despite other local authorities facing greater pressure for specialist places, Tes analysis shows

The accountability penalty that schools can suffer for having a good reputation for supporting students with SEND is highlighted by new research

SEND and curriculum reforms create ‘significant’ workload that necessitates more Inset days, states motion to NAHT annual conference

Announcement comes just days after education minister Olivia Bailey told MPs that the problem of phones in schools was ‘already solved’

Education minister Olivia Bailey comes under fire as MPs reject Lords' proposal for a statutory ban on phones in schools

CEO Sir Dan Moynihan tells Tes the cuts have been proposed mainly because of declining pupil rolls at schools in London

While the underachievement of white working-class boys has attracted political attention, the struggles of disadvantaged white girls continue to be overlooked. School leaders tell Tes why this needs t...

Government proposals would lead to new rules on school breakfasts, lunches and drinks in order to tackle poor diets among children

Exam board OCR apologises for ‘inconsistencies in our past materials’ but insists there were ‘no errors’ in maths question - prompting a petition for papers to be re-marked

The average secondary school will receive £48,000 next year through the new Inclusive Mainstream Fund, the DfE announces

Secondary schools with the best exam results have fewer students receiving both free school meals and SEN support than live in their catchment areas, report warns

Heads in deprived areas warn that grades awarded by Ofsted for its new achievement category are ‘demoralising’ and fail to take their challenging circumstances into account

A now-defunct government programme for ‘gifted and talented’ students could have ‘inadvertently reinforced educational inequalities’, say researchers - but they still want to see the idea revived

SEND reform plans are needed by June - and government will withdraw services from failing authorities, local officers have been warned

Leaders say the government’s claim that schools can afford teacher pay rises ignores their growing costs, including the prospect of energy price hikes due to the Middle East conflict

Professional bodies back bigger roles in schools for educational psychologists, occupational and speech and language therapists - but say they already struggle to meet demand

Teachers' union leader calls government projections 'ludicrous' and 'insulting'

The government has finally announced its plans for special educational needs provision. Tes’ SEND and inclusion editor John Roberts assesses the challenges to come

Tes has gathered all of the key information from the Labour government’s schools White Paper

The DfE sets out proposals for schools to produce statutory support plans for pupils with SEND and for new national inclusion standards. Here’s everything you need to know about its reform plans

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

The government’s key manifesto pledge to deliver 6,500 more teachers could hinge on recruitment into special schools and AP: here’s why that’s a challenge

Tes’ annual review of the salaries of chief executives at the largest multi-academy trusts reveals that a quarter of them had a bigger percentage pay rise than teachers

Headteachers’ union experts raise concern about difference between primary and secondary ratings and watchdog’s approach to grading achievement

But leaders’ pay still varies hugely at trusts told to justify their pay decisions – from £25 per pupil to £331, Tes analysis reveals