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Your roundup of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular news and features articles from the past week includes all the reaction to the teacher pay rises, a big announcement about Sats and Ofsted’s concerns about schools being too focused on exams

The tendency to ask schools to address all of society’s ills is unfair on teachers, suggests a Scottish policy forum – and Henry Hepburn agrees

Sam Freedman outlines what each candidate’s win could mean for the sector – from the possibility of compulsory maths until 18 to a renewed focus on the skills agenda

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The Labour shadow schools minister and MP for Portsmouth South speaks about which former education secretary he would have in his dream staffroom...

A school whose name connects it to the slave trade has a duty to confront its past, says headteacher Melvyn Roffe

Jack Worth from the NFER explains why the rise in salaries – despite being the biggest increase in years – has worked out badly for both staff and schools, and why fixing this should be an urgent job for the next prime minister

91¶¶Òõ breaks down the different teacher pay increases announced by the government yesterday – and why they have already proved so controversial

Education reform in Scotland is a chance to rethink schooling now that a third of children have additional needs, says Angela Morgan

Plans unveiled a few weeks ago to intervene with schools that receive two ‘requires improvement’ Ofsted reports will be crucial to help tackle the scourge of poor education experience for thousands of pupils, argues this MAT CEO

The new education secretary, James Cleverly, explains the rationale behind the pay awards decisions for teachers at all career stages announced today – and why only one year of pay increases has been confirmed

This Scottish educator has advice for new teachers on how to navigate a profession where no two days are ever the same