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This week’s essential education news includes a 91¶¶Òõ investigation revealing the ‘unmanageable’ rise in parent complaints, and sector leaders’ frustration over the Spring Budget

Union had predicted ‘major impact’ on exams if industrial action by SQA staff continued through the spring – and warned today that ‘tensions’ remain

Welsh government accused of having wrong priorities for education as it presses on with proposals to shorten summer holidays in shake-up of school calendars

A pay increase of 36.1 per cent for school leaders would be needed if teachers were to have the same purchasing power as 2010, union says

New DfE survey findings show majority of teachers are unhappy with workload and pay, and do not feel valued by policymakers

Your essential education news this week includes the government recommending a lower teacher pay rise and schools being forced to share daily attendance data

Pay rise is essential for school support staff battling the cost-of-living crisis, real-terms pay cuts and increasing job stress, say unions

Letting staff go is a difficult part of a school leader’s job – but there are some key principles that can make the process fair for all, says Kausor Amin-Ali

Around 400 staff will strike tomorrow in a dispute over pay that Unite says will have ‘a major impact’ on exams – but the SQA says the union is ‘scaremongering’

This week’s essential education news includes 91¶¶Òõ analysis of what the biggest MATs paid their chief executives last year, and new government guidance recommending that schools ban phones

Two in five teachers have worked extra hours without payment in the past year, TUC study finds

Teacher workload is highlighted as a major concern during a teaching union event at the Scottish Labour conference