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Heads ‘made sacrifices’ while ‘lamentable’ government lacked direction, union boss to say

Prime minister says new £3,000 ‘premium’ will send the ‘best maths and science teachers’ to disadvantaged schools

International Baccalaureate says it will work to fix a gender gap in pay and bonuses

Education research chief cautions against adding to teachers’ ‘unmanageable workload’ by lifting limit on working hours

Union leader to tell Conservative Party conference the practice is causing ‘anxiety and misery’ for teachers and their families

Both heads’ and teachers’ union leaders criticise a reported plan to remove a cap on teachers’ directed working hours

‘Pedagimmickry’ won’t miraculously transform the lives of time-poor school staff. What’s needed is the political will for change, writes Henry Hepburn

Some nations clearly have it better than Scotland, from holiday allowance to contact time, as the differences between school systems – highlighted in the latest OECD data – show. Emma Seith reports

Having operated successfully from home during the Covid lockdowns, many staff will wish to continue working more flexibly and may look favourably on schools that can offer them a greater work-life balance. But can leaders adapt to teachers’ individual needs while also ensuring that those needs are in students’ best interests? Kate Parker weighs up the options

Teachers need support – not scrutiny and ‘top-down management’, says union president

Scottish councils and the government accused of ‘devaluing the profession’ with ‘completely unacceptable’ pay offer

From scrapping tax exemptions for private schools to reforming Ofsted – what education would look like under Labour