Anna Fazackerley

Staff at Tees Valley Education (TVE), which runs four primaries and a special school in some of the region's most deprived areas, are used to looking for signs that families are under serious strain.

· 4-min read Hundreds of thousands of students could be left unable to vote if the government calls an October general election, because

Universities fear an autumn election will not leave undergraduates enough time to register

DfE allocates £450m to 826 building projects at 733 schools, a fall of almost 60% – in terms of total projects – compared with 2020-21

Schools in England and Wales have been warned by one of the country's leading equality and human rights barristers that the “toolkit” many of them use to support gender-questioning children is unlawful.

Leading barrister warns that the kit – used to support gender-questioning children – is likely to be in breach of equality laws and could violate pupils’ rights

Campaigners say cash-strapped local authorities are placing young people in budget accommodation, making them targets for grooming by criminal gangs

Academics call for government to avoid inflaming situation but Jewish students say they want to feel safe

‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics