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Shadow education secretary talks to 91¶¶Òõ about the ‘pushback’ facing heads on exclusions, how schools are ‘lagging’ on phone bans and why RISE plans are ‘reckless’

The number of job adverts in the first month of the 2025-26 academic year was lower than during Covid, indicating ‘serious financial pressures’ for schools

The two unions will provide witness statements to support the NAHT’s bid for a judicial review over Ofsted’s new inspections

A new paper proposes reducing the Scottish school summer holiday by a week to guarantee a fortnight off in October and a week-long break in February

The benchmark is one of several adopted by the government as a ‘starting point’ for its new enrichment framework for schools, leader tells 91¶¶Òõ

The latest DfE figures show that overall pupil absence has improved, but a higher proportion of children are missing more than half of their classes

Government had been expected to set out SEND reform plans this autumn – but the education secretary says it is important to ‘take the time to listen and get it right’

The messages were sent to a councillor and related to Glasgow’s 2024-25 budget which contained plans to cut £27.8 million from education over three years

Trust leader Dr Ogden is also a RISE adviser and on the panel of the curriculum and assessment review

Ofsted’s expectation that schools provide a graded self-evaluation using its new five-point scale has sparked warnings from heads’ leaders

The former prime minister gives evidence to the Covid inquiry on decisions made about schools during the crisis

Report warns that vast sums of money are being ‘wasted’, with almost four in 10 teachers saying CPD has not clearly improved their ability to do the job