BBC Education (Important news for the UK)

Important educational news for the UK.

• £5bn council SEND debts to be paid off by government

  It comes days after the Local Government Association warned that eight in 10 English councils would face bankruptcy, if they had to honour deficits.

• Number of home-schooled children attending 'social' learning sessions rises

  Deb Hadden runs drop-off sessions, where children can play and learn with each other.

• How these schools are improving behaviour and attendance

  The government says schools needing "intensive support" will receive "one-to-one sessions".

• Teachers striking again over behaviour concerns

  Members of staff at Tewkesbury Academy could strike for nine more days.

• Universities told to report foreign interference on campus to MI5

  Ministers say UK universities have become a "prime target for foreign states and hostile actors".