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Most teachers to pay less into their pension under new plans

DfE launches consultation on cutting employee contribution rates for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme across most salary bands

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Revealed: Ofsted’s RE teaching concerns

Watchdog calls on government to urgently update RE teaching guidance and warns 'significant' number of schools are not meeting statutory duty

Nicola Killean: Young people not raising behaviour as issue

But children ‘always’ want to talk about education – and ensuring they are heard on reform will be an early focus, says Scottish children's commissioner

Jenny Gilruth: ‘Curriculum for Excellence is working’

Education secretary defends Scottish curriculum, a day after 91¶¶Òõ Scotland reports on research concerns over a 'lack of clarity' in CfE

GCSEs: More than a quarter of Year 11s persistently absent

Nearly half of disadvantaged Year 11 students have missed 10 per cent or more school sessions so far this year, FFT data reveals

NI ‘early years communication crisis’ highlighted

More children in Northern Ireland waiting for speech and language therapy per head of the population than anywhere else in the UK, ministers told

Trust leaders push for major funding reform

The CST's proposals include a new funding formula covering minimum operating costs for all schools, including SEND and AP provision

Schools now ‘biggest source of food aid’ for families

One in five schools is now running a food bank, says report warning that policymakers are unaware of the scale of child hunger

Capita loses £180m Sats contract to Pearson

The decision to award the primary assessment contract to Pearson follows a delay to Sats marking last year that led to Capita issuing an apology

CfE: Secondaries ‘starting again’ as pupils lack ‘common knowledge base’

Pilot reviews of Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence identify ‘need to clarify the way that knowledge is covered’

Michaela wins High Court case over prayer ban

School run by 'Britain's strictest head' wins court case brought by a Muslim student against its policy on prayer rituals

Larger MATs have ‘highest teacher turnover’

EPI produces major report assessing performance of different types of school groups

Only 1% of primary teachers say pupils have financial skills

Financial education should be a statutory part of the primary curriculum, says Social Market Foundation report

Sir Paul Marshall steps down as Ark Schools chair

It was reported earlier this year that Sir Paul had been engaging with far-right statements on social media

We need a teacher ‘propaganda parade’, says Carter

Former government adviser urges those working in teaching to 'put up some banners about how great it is' to help tackle recruitment problems

1 in 10 pupils excluded at primary ‘pass’ GCSE English and maths

Research by children's charity Chance UK found primary school exclusions to be almost exclusively pupils with SEND

3 in 10 parents say school cuts hitting child’s education

Most parents would rather see school funding increased than have their taxes cut, a Parentkind poll shows

Trans students’ attainment ‘limited’ by discrimination

Bullying and discrimination are leaving trans students ‘unable to concentrate’ in class and causing some to drop out of school altogether, research warns

Most teachers running key stage 1 Sats this year

Primary teachers are still choosing for KS1 Sats to go ahead to benchmark pupils despite the government tests now being optional

DfE could spend £9m on cost-cutting advisers for schools

The DfE is offering a multi-million-pound contract to supply school resource management advisers – but doubts have been raised about the SRMA cost-cutting scheme

Make climate change a compulsory subject, says panel

The Scottish Parliament's Climate Change People’s Panel is calling for every pupil to have ‘a basic understanding of climate change’

Schools face £1bn funding hit from falling pupil rolls

Hits to primary and secondary funding streams could force school mergers or closures, Education Policy Institute research suggests

Wales: Review calls for ‘single pay scale’ and cap on teaching hours

It also recommends Welsh headteachers earn at least £61,547 – but government warns ‘affordability’ will be key consideration when it comes to implementation

Half of students ‘disadvantaged’ on work experience

Many state school students don't have access to work experience – and this is a barrier to entry into top universities, report warns

Centre of Teaching Excellence ‘should be renamed’

In response to the SNP government's plan for a Centre of Teaching Excellence, secondary heads warn ‘excellence’ is ‘a tarnished word’ in Scottish education