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Wednesday
13th May 2026
Tories demand ‘corrective action’ over GCSE maths complaint
Shadow education secretary raises concerns over confidence in exams system and impact on results, as she calls for regulator to do more following upheld maths complaint
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Teachers abandon pension scheme as cost of living bites
Annual withdrawals from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme have nearly doubled since 2020, official figures show
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Tuesday
12th May 2026
DfE seeks £200K expert to ‘reshape’ education
New role will be highest-paid in the department, with the appointee making ‘life-and-death’ school safety decisions
Schools can lead the way in cutting exam times - but should they?
91¶¶Òõ analysis shows schools can cut the time GCSE students spend in exams, a current government and Ofqual priority – although leaders are cautioning against shifting the responsibility to schools
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Monday
11th May 2026
More councils retain schools cash for falling-rolls support
The money can be spent on redundancies, SEN provision staffing, or to prepare for a future population bulge
Schools struggle with ‘enormously frustrating’ faults in Sats portal
Heads tell 91¶¶Òõ they were unable to access the online portal, as the site for KS2 attendance figures – which has replaced paper registers – was ‘experiencing a technical issue’
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Mission Coastal heads first to schools in Hastings and Scarborough
Teacher support and pupil mentoring will be made available through Mission Coastal and Mission North East from this September
NEU warns ‘out of touch’ Labour it will launch strike ballot
The union’s general secretary Daniel Kebede hits back after education secretary calls ballot threat ‘massively premature’
Early career teachers learning ‘a lot more’ from new framework
Verdict on initial teacher training and early career frameworks provided by first major poll since they were combined in 2025
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Friday
8th May 2026
All Sendcos ‘need clinical supervision to stop burnout’
Education leaders call for more support for Sendcos as the role becomes increasingly demanding
DfE to call on leaders to become RISE ‘partners’
New DfE-convened regional partnerships will be expected to provide ‘formalised oversight’ of progress against school improvement priorities