Education secretary Justine Greening has detailed how £2.4 million will be spent on improving school buildings and creating extra pupil places

The ATL's Mary Bousted has said she is concerned cash-strapped schools could “exploit” teaching apprentices as a cheaper replacement for qualified staff.

José Mourinho, Theo Walcott and Gary Cahill are fronting a campaign to use football to inspire children in 10,000 primary schools.

Ofsted is considering using social media to track pupils and parents to decide which schools need an intervention.

Proposals to change the system for assessing children at primary school have been announced by education secretary Justine Greening.