Michael Gove’s department is breaking its own agreed spending deals with the Treasury by going £114m over budget through its use of private-sector consultants and contractors, Labour claims.

Durand Academy says it still intends to submit proposals for a sixth-form block at a later stage

It will no doubt serve as a piece of modern cultural mythology that Mick Farren "died as he would have wanted", collapsing onstage on Saturday night at London's Borderline, playing a gig with a reformed version of his 1960s group the Deviants, a concert that he had been advised not to go ahead with on medical advice. More accurately, performing the show only underlined Farren's personal philosophy of unassailable professionalism and a ceaseless work ethic that led to the publication of 23 novels as well as 11 non-fiction volumes. Backstage at the Borderline he may have been plugged in to an oxygen mask, but audience members would be unaware that he was returning to it between numbers.

Schools’ governing body, which includes one of Gove’s advisers, also has power removed

Language was devised 125 years ago, but to be fair it has had an up and down history

Numbers reveal 200 excluded for assaulting an adult and 120 for assaulting a classmate

In 20 years of internet use, I’ve never once stumbled on images or videos of child abuse

Number of families who provide a false address for their children soars

The dream could soon be over for 458 players without a club and those managers on the brink

London’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was founded on a promise to engage more young people than ever in sporting activity.

Nick Clegg denied that plans to test five-year-olds and rank primary school pupils would turn the education system into an “exam sausage factory”.

Nick Clegg details proposals to achieve higher English and maths standards or risk 'under-performing' label

I usually struggle to comprehend pretty much everything Gove says, but this time, I think he might have a point