The Latest Breaking News from DfE

Recruitment targets for teacher training courses were missed in 10 subjects in 2022/23

Government funded Parkfield, in Dorset, after ‘unbelievable’ lack of due diligence, says expert

Exclusive: Party plans to set up more than 3,300 nurseries in existing primary schools in England for children from nine months old

Nearly one in four pupils in England were eligible for free school meals in January this year, up from last year

Department for Education data shows a record 2.1 million are eligible, up by 75,000 in a year

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How many exclusions from school are for sexist abuse? We haven’t a clue because the Department of education doesn’t measure it

UK government allows British private schools in countries like UAE to use BSO kitemark while not teaching about same-sex relationships

Byron Court Primary School will be closed for two days next month

LET’S UNPACK THAT: As evidence mounts that devices are sparking a mental health crisis in young people, ‘Adolescence’ writer Jack Thorne says he thinks smartphone sales should be banned for under 16s. Helen Coffey asks whether social media and tech are really to blame – and what parents can do…