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A Scottish council has come under fire for introducing facial recognition technology so pupils can pay for school meals

Initial reservations about virtual parents’ evenings have receded over the course of the pandemic, says Gordon Cairns

Leading independent school head says the lockdown response of the ‘best private and state schools’ helped secure better remote learning for all pupils

One in four private school teachers found parental involvement stressful during remote learning in the pandemic, report reveals

Robert Halfon says learning loss would not have been so extreme in first lockdown if Ofsted had been more proactive

The education sector is increasingly being targeted by cybercriminals, who use ransomware to prevent schools from retrieving their own data and then demand cash to restore access. With such attacks resulting in months of disruption and distress, what can be done to minimise the risks? Simon Creasey reports

‘Hypocrisy’ criticism as government lauds teacher training in England as part of plans to export it overseas

Official points to ‘interrelationship between speed and quality’ when it comes to radically reshaping teacher training sector

An EEF evaluation found pupils using Accelerated Reader did not make additional progress compared with pupils in schools not using the programme

Recent teacher training downgrades by the inspectorate reflects concerns the government has about the sector, 91¶¶Òõ understands

Matt Hood reveals agreement with DfE that under any new deal Oak lessons will be free for teachers – and pupils at home

Cyberattack on Harris cost academy trust more than £500K despite it standing firm against Russian hackers’ calls for cash