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Plans to deny student loans to pupils who fail English and maths GCSEs could deprive around one in four disadvantaged pupils of a university place, IfS warns

The CMA is investigating whether largest school information management system (SIMS) supplier is 'abusing a dominant position' to push new three-year contracts

The government's own social mobility tsar has cast doubts on targets to boost literacy and numeracy, saying she is 'not sure' how they will be achieved

New government-funded curriculum resources must be used 'thoughtfully' by schools and not 'assembled as a pick and mix', Ofsted chief warns

National schools commissioner Dominic Herrington said literacy and numeracy targets required academy and local authority collaboration

The government’s flagship turnaround trust has taken on its first school outside the north, notching up its third academy 19 months later than planned

A former council official who worked for a local authority criticised by inspectors for 'serious weaknesses' in special needs support will advise other councils

The parliamentary education committee has welcomed five new members in the past year after several MPs stood down or took front-bench jobs

Nearly half of primary heads are considering taking on fewer early career teachers because of issues with flagship reforms, with new mentors working at weekends

The inside story of how a BBC veteran, Green MP and exams expert developed a brand new natural history qualification, which just received government approval