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The government's food strategy has been labelled 'disappointing' after most schools recommendations including free school meals extension were stripped away

A director of furniture retailer Dunelm has become a trustee of the Harris Federation, an academy chain set up by a former Carpetright boss

DfE pledges to create up to 14,000 school places in up to 75 new free schools, including new special schools, alternative provision and 'elite' sixth forms

The DfE also vowed to help schools cut energy and water use, fund more finance training and improve flood and crime defences

Hard-up families face a 'postcode lottery' in free school meals support during holidays as councils scrap voucher schemes started during the Covid pandemic

Schools are being warned about a 'despicable' cyber attack where scammers pose as a parent of a child who is in hospital and cannot make their exams

Almost a third of schools' buildings include materials either at the end of their shelf life or that pose a 'serious risk of imminent failure', figures reveal

Ofsted slammed behaviour and 'disharmony' at the academy at the centre of a scandal and legal battle, but faces questions over past praise for the school

The country’s largest exam board has been criticised for creating an 'avoidable problem' with a geography GCSE question 'inaccessible' to colour-blind pupils

A 'sizeable number' of Ukrainian children who have arrived in England are still not in school, the government has admitted, despite 'herculean' schools' efforts