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Starting salaries for teachers could rise by up to £6,000 under government plans to reform pay. The proposal would mean that a new teacher would earn a minimum of £30,000 from 2022/23, a significant increase from the current minimum in England and Wales (excluding London), which is £23,720.

Hundreds of children, parents and teachers from across England travelled to London last week to protest against schools closing early on a Friday.

Schools should be accountable for the exam results of pupils they have permanently excluded by including them in their league table rankings, a major new Government report will say.

Three pre-school children knocked on the door of 10 Downing Street to ask the Government not to make them sit controversial new school “tests”.

Teachers are to be offered cash incentives to stick with the profession as part of the government’s strategy to increase the number of people working in the sector.

Schools will get £400 million in extra capital funding this year, the chancellor has announced. Mr Hammond said the government was "investing record amounts in our schools", but acknowledged that "school’s budgets do not stretch to that extra bit of kit that would make such a difference".