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Check out our latest Weekly Round-Up! A look back at the main education news and policy stories appearing this week and a peek forward at what's coming up in the next seven days buff.ly/38eeb1m #ednews #edpolicy #ukedchat
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Steve Besley's Education Eye: detailing the policies and stories happening in UK education (week ending 12 June 2026) buff.ly/2Gn1Y5u #edpolicy #sltchat
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Check out our latest Weekly Round-Up! A look back at the main education news and policy stories appearing this week and a peek forward at what's coming up in the next seven days buff.ly/38eeb1m #ednews #edpolicy #ukedchat
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Steve Besley's Education Eye: detailing the policies and stories happening in UK education (week ending 12 June 2026) buff.ly/2Gn1Y5u #edpolicy #sltchat
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Unions slam 'lack of meaningful progress' on support staff pay | Schools Week schoolsweek.co.uk/unions-sla…

Unions slam 'lack of progress' on support staff pay

GMB, Unison and Unite concerned negotiating body's remit will initially be 'very limited'

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Pupils up to 55% more likely to miss school on their birthday | Schools Week schoolsweek.co.uk/absence-pu…

Pupils more likely to miss school on their birthday

New DfE guidance suggests 'under the weather forms' and birthday lunch queue passes

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Three colleges land share of defence skills fund | FE Week feweek.co.uk/three-colleges-…

Three colleges land share of £80m defence skills fund

Three FE colleges have won a share of an £80 million government fund to increase defence-related education places and improved facilities.

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Treasury reviewing college free meals freeze but offers no VAT decision timetable | FE Week feweek.co.uk/treasury-review…

Treasury reviewing college free meals freeze but offers no VAT decision timetable

The anomalies were discussed in the House of Lords today

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DWP launches hunt for 25 jobs guarantee national delivery partners | FE Week feweek.co.uk/dwp-launches-hu…

DWP launches hunt for 25 jobs guarantee national delivery partners

Applications have opened for organisations to deliver the government’s national jobs guarantee, expected to support more than 90,000 long-term unemployed young

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Low-income families with disabled children at risk of 'digital exclusion' | CYP Now cypnow.co.uk/content/news/lo…
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What Ofsted inspectors really think about inclusion | TES tes.com/magazine/analysis/ge…

What Ofsted inspectors really think about inclusion

A union leader representing Ofsted HMIs says that, when considering inclusion, the views of inspectors must not be left out of accountability debates

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How to create a better reader (hint: hard texts matter) | TES tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

How to create a better reader (hint: hard texts matter)

The curriculum review has sparked debate about which texts we should make space for in our classrooms, but how far does text choice really matter for improving reading? Tes speaks to US literacy...

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International SEND comparisons are not always what they seem | TES tes.com/magazine/analysis/ge…

International SEND comparisons are not always what they seem

While nations such as Canada, Italy and Portugal are often cited as SEND success stories, a deeper look at the data and context tells a different story, says this trust CEO

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The solutions to the NEET crisis will not be neat | FE Week feweek.co.uk/the-solutions-t…

The solutions to the NEET crisis will not be neat

Tackling the NEETs crisis requires more than expanding youth provision

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Mobile phones to be banned in schools across Edinburgh | STV news.stv.tv/east-central/mob…

Mobile phones to be banned in schools across Edinburgh

Most secondary school pupils will have to place their devices in magnetically sealed pouches throughout the school day

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Girl arrested after three stabbed at Manchester school | Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr…

Girl arrested after three stabbed at Manchester school

Police officers remain at the Co-op Academy in Blackley

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Manchester school stabbings: police arrest girl | The Times thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…

Manchester school stabbings: police arrest girl

Three people were knifed in an attack at Co-op Academy in Higher Blackley, which has been placed

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Girl, 14, arrested after three injured in school knife attack | Sky news.sky.com/story/girl-14-a…

Girl, 14, arrested after three injured in school knife attack

A 14-year-old schoolgirl, a 14-year-old schoolboy and a 27-year-old male member of staff were injured in the incident, Greater Manchester Police said.

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