Hello and welcome back to the Tes news podcast.

First up on this episode, reporter Matilda Martin covers new developments on teacher strike action.

Then, in the second half of the podcast, Grainne Hallahan is back to discuss what can be done about persistent school absence.

Stories from today's episode are available in full at tes.com/magazine:

• DfE to miss teacher pay review deadline
• Teacher pay: Heads call for 15% ‘uplift’ in ‘last chance’ review
• DfE school strike data trawl can be ignored, heads told
• Strikes: Heads warn over ‘hardline’ DfE approach
• Walker: ‘Worrying’ rise in school absence must be solved