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Sam Freedman explains why 2023, despite it likely being calmer than the 12 months gone by, will still be full of intrigue and drama ahead of the next general election

Don’t miss your round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ must-read news and analysis from the past week, including the education secretary’s appeal to teachers not to strike over pay and how the digital divide is impacting on vulnerable pupils

Education secretary says the extra funding announced last month has gone a ‘long way to easing a lot of the pressures’ on schools

Scottish teaching unions will take combined strike action over pay on the same two days in January

More teachers are stepping in to help pupils with non-academic matters than five years ago, according to research for the new Commission on Teacher Retention

General secretary of the EIS, Scotland’s biggest teaching union, outlines her disappointment with a Budget where education did not feature prominently

Better terms and conditions, and targeted support for schools, are crucial if we want to attract more people into the profession, says secondary head Billy Burke

Parents would be happy with ‘more frequent, lighter touch’ Ofsted inspections, finds report

SSTA and EIS unions will coordinate strike action across Scotland in January and more announcements could be made in coming days

Don’t miss your round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ must-read news and analysis from the past week, including what schools need to know about strep A, the demise of the Schools Bill and our exclusive interview with Nick Gibb

Teachers are ‘very angry’ and feel ‘messed about’ over pay, but union boss says first minister could act as peacemaker

The boss of striking union, the SSTA, says more teacher walk-outs will be announced on Friday