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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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Ex-minister concerned over £2.6bn SEND funding

Education Select Committee chair calls on government to clarify progress made towards providing 30,000 new places for pupils with additional needs

Fears that classes could be sent home if Glasgow cuts go ahead

The authority is planning to cut more than 170 teaching posts from August – in ‘many’ primaries, only headteachers will be available to cover staff absence

Call for universal FSM rollout in poorer areas

Schools should no longer have to be the 'sticking plaster' for child poverty, says former children’s commissioner report

Teachers’ views on wellbeing revealed in new survey

The latest 91¶¶Òõ Schools Wellbeing Report, released this morning, highlights school staff's opinions on workload, funding and confidence in their roles

Outgoing union boss to chair oracy commission

Geoff Barton to take role after Labour said its Curriculum and Assessment Review will explore how to weave oracy into lessons throughout school

Sir Ian Bauckham: We discard pen-and-paper exams ‘at our peril’

In his first interview since taking up the role of interim chief regulator at Ofqual, Sir Ian speaks exclusively to 91¶¶Òõ about online assessment, the attainment gap and the need for stability

GCSEs 2024: Exam board to trial AI in summer exams

The country's biggest exam board will test how AI can be used to provide 'quality assurance' to human marking

Faster school mental health team rollout urged amid ‘crisis’

Calls for more support for schools after children’s commissioner report shows children are waiting 'far too long' for mental health treatment

Weekly round-up: ITT target cut and Keegan ‘punch’ row

91¶¶Òõ' education news round-up includes the lowering of the target for recruiting secondary teacher trainees and controversy over Gillian Keegan's Ofsted 'punch' comment

FM accepts classroom violence is causing new teachers to drop out

Humza Yousaf made the admission when quizzed about a 91¶¶Òõ Scotland exclusive revealing almost one in five probationers have opted out of this year’s induction scheme

Badly run and designed schools create additional needs, hear MSPs

Over a third of Scottish pupils have an ASN, but that figure would be lower if school buildings and cultures were developed with all pupils in mind, says expert

DfE drops secondary teacher trainee target

The government says it will need 9 per cent fewer postgraduate secondary trainees – despite missing its target by half this year

Suspended students ‘a year behind at GCSE’

Report calls for schools to be given the resources they need to reduce suspensions

PFI concerns raised after school meal apology

Leaders voice concerns about school meal contracts tied into PFI deals after one head apologises to parents for 'completely unacceptable' food

Transgender guidance: Fight legal cases for schools, DfE told

Teaching unions voice fears about draft transgender guidance in their submissions to the government's consultation

Sir Kevan: Tighten rules so top state schools take poor pupils

Former 'catch-up tsar' Sir Kevan Collins warns of a 'strange pattern' of high-performing schools not reflecting local communities

Keegan urged to publicly retract Ofsted punch comment

Union representing Ofsted HMI has today written to Gillian Keegan after comments she made at the annual ASCL conference

Poorer NI primary pupils ‘a year behind in cognitive skills’

New Audit Office report on child poverty in Northern Ireland shows attainment gap at school starts early and remains wide in the years to come

Teacher pay offer made in Northern Ireland

Education minister describes it as 'unacceptable' that teachers have been waiting three years for a pay increase

Undervaluing arts subjects ‘naive’, warns heads’ union

NAHT says creative subjects are being 'squeezed out' as senior politicians from both political parties call for a broader curriculum

AP leaders ‘ignored’ in Ofsted’s Big Listen

Major consultation on the future of inspection contains 'worrying' omission, warns alternative providers’ leader

Teachers must lead the way on education reform, new paper warns

'Top-down' education reforms have a poor track record and Scotland's school staff should be entrusted with key decisions, advises expert analysis

In-depth inspections would cost millions more per year, Ofsted warns

Ofsted has told MPs that calls for inspection reform need to be considered alongside the watchdog's budget constraints

5 ways schools can attract Gen Z teachers

What schools can do to attract younger teachers amid a recruitment crisis, according to one expert