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School leaders trying to uphold good behaviour are facing impossible decisions because the decline in social services has removed the safety net for vulnerable students who are suspended or excluded, finds Dan Worth

Scottish education secretary forced to defend rowing back on government promise to provide a free laptop or other digital device to every pupil

This week’s essential education news includes unions demanding an above-inflation teacher pay rise and warnings about another shortfall in trainee teachers

There is also not enough school space or teachers to deliver Rishi Sunak’s Advanced British Standard plan, its exam board OCR warns

If international schools want to be actively engaged in their host nation, they can offer their time, connections and educational expertise, says this leader

With NHS and social care services support overstretched, education staff have been left to carry out complex healthcare procedures for students, write two leaders in the special schools sector

Education Policy Institute and Renaissance report also reveals the ongoing regional divide in outcomes following pandemic

Schools should no longer have to be the ‘sticking plaster’ for child poverty, says former children’s commissioner report

The lack of proper data on children not in school obstructs efforts to support the vulnerable, says an MP who has introduced a bill to create a not-in-school register

Geoff Barton to take role after Labour said its Curriculum and Assessment Review will explore how to weave oracy into lessons throughout school

91¶¶Òõ’ education news round-up includes the lowering of the target for recruiting secondary teacher trainees and controversy over Gillian Keegan’s Ofsted ‘punch’ comment

New Audit Office report on child poverty in Northern Ireland shows attainment gap at school starts early and remains wide in the years to come