Start by being clear about who the base is intended to support – and the needs it is there to meet

Our reporting team bring you live updates from the party's annual conference in Liverpool

A leadership contest is not the moment to yank the policy steering wheel for partisan effect

'I think that will be what is at the front of everyone's minds. It'll be a cloud over the conference'

To understand the proposed new system, it might help to recall what came before

Government also fleshes out plans for additional progress score for low prior attaining pupils

Fighting low aspirations for children in Cornwall

Government will also consult on a potential social media ban for children

PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted

Poorer kids still do badly at school. We're not moving the dial. It's time to throw the rules out of the window and do things differently (in a narrow, carefully scoped and targeted way).

The DfE wants full rather than phased implementation of curriculum reform - from 2028 - and puts the brakes on inclusion of RE in the national curriculum

The conclusions and recommendations of the independent review of the curriculum, assessment and qualifications system in England.

The newly published review of curriculum and assessment makes a series of recommendations across different subjects. Find out how your subject could change if the government takes forward its proposal...

The conclusions and recommendations of the independent review of the curriculum, assessment and qualifications system in England.

Oracy framework welcome — now act for 2 million children struggling with talking and understanding words