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• Gove defends free school numbers
  Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".
• Tory defects over schools scheme
  A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".
• Men in short supply in primaries
  One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.