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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