The Department for Education has published its annual accounts, revealing the scale of its ministerial payouts, retention issues and deteriorating performance on absence and council SEND provision.
With no press announcement, much of the sector and country winding down ahead of the festive season and industrial action dominating the headlines, the DfE may have hoped its report would go unnoticed.
But Schools Week found time to pull out some of the more notable aspects of the 342-page tome, so you don’t have to.
