The government’s Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) teams are expanding from the initial 32 schools to 200, which will benefit more than 120,000 children.
The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) will fine exam board Pearson £250,000 for breaking rules designed to protect students and exam integrity.
A government consultation on faith school reforms also seeks views to allow new special academies and existing special academies registered as having a faith ethos to apply to have "religious character".