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Majority of teachers believe the watchdog has a ‘negative impact’ on teaching and want it abolished, a poll shows

Rise in teachers who report their school has recruited emotional literacy support assistants as more heads say they “can’t afford to wait” for help

Dr Dan Nicholls, currently deputy CEO at Cabot Learning Federation, will take up new role from September

91����’ essential education news round-up includes the three main political parties setting out their policies for schools ahead of next month’s election

One head in an ASCL poll warns that the only thing left to cut is teaching staff after ‘paring everything back to the bone’

School leaders believe their staff need ‘increased confidence’ in handling bullying incidents, according to a DfE-funded report

Council urged to abandon plans to put its instrumental music service in an arm’s-length body, amid fears the plans could have Scotland-wide ramifications

Analysis shows strong support for hiring more teachers and increasing apprenticeships but a negative response to dropping single-word Ofsted judgements

EIS members in Glasgow vote heavily in favour of taking in favour of action that could result in strikes

The Conservative Party pledges to make guidance on banning mobile phones statutory and to protect ‘day-to-day’ per pupil spending on schools

Education bodies and unions collectively call for all political parties to commit to a plan to invest the funding needed to eradicate all school cuts

Lib Dems pledge to make teacher pay fully funded and independent, and to cut the amount schools pay towards education, health and care plans