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The government has published long-awaited draft transgender guidance, which sets out how schools should respond to gender-questioning pupils. The draft guidance has been published alongside a consultation on the

The “unwritten agreement” between parents and schools in England has broken since the Covid crisis, according to Ofsted’s chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, with pupil absences remaining

Almost one-third of council funding is being spent on children’s social care, new analysis has revealed; with rising need putting local authorities at risk of filing for bankruptcy. Thousands

All children deserve a safe and loving home. But far too many are “treated like adults” under the current system, the children’s commissioner has warned

The Education Secretary is writing today, 24 October, to all schools in England to make clear that they can and should share relationships, sex and health

Education in England is in danger of being reduced to a “barebones, boilerplate model”, headteachers have said, after an embarrassing £370m government bungle forced them to plan

In England and Wales, children start school the September after their fourth birthday. Applications for September 2024 are open for school places in England from September 2023

Parents and carers in England have until 31 October to select the school where they want their child to start Year 7 in September 2024. Read the full