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School nurse shortage leaves teaching assistants to help with colostomy bags and provide physical therapy, with special-school leaders warning of a staffing ‘car crash’

In ‘very rare’ example of industrial action in the Scottish independent sector, teachers at Hutchesons’ Grammar will strike over their removal from pension scheme

This week’s round-up includes a plan for education unions to coordinate strike action, a High Court challenge against Ofsted and the DfE spending £350K on wildflower seeds

More than 10 unions, including the NASUWT and NEU teaching unions, have kicked off legal action against a law allowing the use of supply staff during walkouts

Survey of 16,500 Scottish teachers by EIS union also finds more than half face struggles to pay their rent or mortgage – yet most still use their own money to feed and clothe pupils

Half of schools restricted attendance during the teacher strike today, with 5 per cent fully closed, DfE data suggests

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson to tell heads at NAHT conference that Labour will ensure pupils are taught by specialist teachers in each subject

NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman is to urge ministers to come back to negotiating table in his speech to union’s annual conference

Plan revealed after the NAHT school leaders’ union announces re-ballot of members on strike action over pay, funding, workload and wellbeing

This week’s essential education news and analysis includes the teacher pay dispute and Thursday’s strike action, the launch of an inquiry into Ofsted inspections and a worrying drop in ITT applications

Strike action in Northern Ireland takes place a day after it emerged that no new school buildings or school extensions would be started in 2023-24 as a result of education cuts

Confederation of School Trusts’ chief calls on the government to return to the negotiating table on teacher pay, ahead of scheduled strikes