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Ofsted is set to publish a new policy on pausing an inspection of a maintained school or academy “where a serious issue has been identified” as part of its response following Ruth Perry's death

Officials privately accepted it is likely to take “a number of years” to resolve the RAAC crisis in documents seen by the Mirror

The Children's Commissioner found around 20,000 pupils finishing their GCSEs last summer had missed half or more of their classes in one of their final two years of school

The National Education Union has demanded to know how many children are still being taught in marquees and mobile classrooms as the RAAC crisis drags on into the winter months

Keir Starmer promised that a Labour Government would usher in major reforms to the school curriculum in a speech where he vowed to 'shatter the class ceiling' holding ordinary kids back

Schools across England will face disruption on Wednesday and Friday as members of the National Education Union (NEU) down tools in the latest of a series of nationwide strikes

The schools watchdog has been at the centre of a storm of criticism since the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in January following a negative Ofsted inspection

NAHT leader Paul Whiteman accused the Government of showing 'contempt' for kids by refusing to restart pay talks after the Government's offer was emphatically rejected by hard-pressed school staff

The General Secretaries of the four major teaching unions will gather today at the NAHT's conference in Telford, where they are expected to announce plans to coordinate their industrial action

School leaders are being forced to cut spending on outings, IT equipment, extracurriculars and support staff - and to use cash intended for poorest pupils to plug budget gaps

Leaked WhatsApps between Sir Gavin Williamson and the-then Health Secretary Matt Hancock show the pair criticising hard-working staff for wanting to ensure schools were safe during the pandemic

Tory Cabinet minister Michael Gove warned the government could revive plans to penalise families, but teaching unions said targeting benefit payments would just end up hurting children

The NAHT, which represents school leaders, warned of an exodus from the classrooms as headteachers quit their jobs and leave the state schools system altogether after just a few years