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DfE urged to ensure it brings school safety level down below ‘critical’, as it is currently rated

The government does not have an overview of how sustainable schools are or the risks posed by climate change, warns watchdog

Scotland will not be able to adopt the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in full, it emerged today, two years after MSPs voted to do so

New government guidance is encouraging schools and trusts to seek advice from regional ‘flexible-working ambassadors’ and attend workshops and webinars

Minister Nick Gibb tells an MPs’ inquiry that absence from school is still ‘unacceptably high’

Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza calls for a ‘radical rehaul’ of the approach to SEND support in response to new DfE figures

As the Department for Education releases annual statistical data on special educational needs in England’s schools, Deborah Hollingsworth argues that the phrase ‘SEND support’ is too open to interpretation and can mean a vastly different experience for pupils and Sendcos

Fresh “national action plan” considered as government acknowledges that efforts to help pupils catch up after the pandemic have failed to reach “all who need it”

This week’s essential education news and analysis includes warnings to government about the scale of the teacher recruitment and retention crisis, criticism over the timing of next month’s planned strikes and expert insight into how schools can tap into the power of marketing

Scottish headteachers are calling for action over longstanding teacher shortages in subjects such as maths and computing

Evidence to a parliamentary inquiry on recruitment and retention also includes repeated calls to make teaching more flexible

Most school leaders favour other types of support for poorer pupils over the government’s flagship catch-up tutoring scheme, study finds