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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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Phillipson: More ‘transparency’ needed in regional ‘layer’

The shadow education secretary was speaking at the ASCL conference in Liverpool this morning

Barton: Government must make classrooms ‘fit for learning’

Geoff Barton uses last speech as ASCL leader to highlight the 'shocking' state of school buildings, along with the need for a curriculum review and better funding

Keegan would have ‘punched’ rude Ofsted inspectors

Schools and inspectors should show 'professionalism, courtesy, empathy and respect', says Ofsted chief in response to education secretary's comments

Leaders ‘queasy’ about relying on international recruitment

Recruiting teachers from other countries that need them, 'morally' doesn't 'feel like the right thing for us to be doing', says ASCL general secretary

Pepe Di’Iasio on funding, pay and ‘streamlining’ the middle tier

The incoming ASCL general secretary outlines his priorities for his tenure as the country enters a general election year and tells 91¶¶Òõ what he thinks the next government should focus on

Politicians ‘constantly running down schools’ undermines attendance drive

Some politicians and commentators are 'far too quick to take potshots at schools', ASCL's president John Camp will warn today

AQA delays rollout of digital languages exams

The reading and listening components of GCSE Italian and Polish will no longer be sat online from 2026, the exam board announces

Ofsted launches Big Listen on future of inspection

Watchdog could withhold 'inadequate' inspection judgement on schools that are only failing on safeguarding

SQA: Exam grading will take coursework return into account

The Scottish exams body also confirms that appeals will be free of charge this year and students will retain the right to appeal directly

Weekly round-up: Parent complaints ‘like the Wild West’

This week’s essential education news includes a 91¶¶Òõ investigation revealing the 'unmanageable' rise in parent complaints, and sector leaders' frustration over the Spring Budget

Teacher absence in Scotland hits highest level in over a decade

Last year, Scottish teachers took more than 380,000 sick days, with stress identified as the number one factor driving the rise

What Scottish literature should students in upper secondary study?

The SQA is asking teachers and secondary students for feedback on the Scottish set texts studied as part of National 5 and Higher English courses

Exclusions policy to be reviewed amid school violence

Scottish government promises review after being accused of a lack of action over the increase in dangerous behaviour in schools

Budget 2024: £105m for 15 new special free schools

Here's everything schools need to know about today's Budget announcement

School uniform price cap could be set in Northern Ireland

Education minister Paul Givan does not favour abolishing school uniform but wants it to be more affordable

Parental complaints: DfE told urgent change needed to help schools

The volume of complaints is 'not sustainable' and 'will have an impact on our ability to retain our leaders', warns CST chief Leora Cruddas

MAT leaders aim to stop ‘irreparable’ damage to small schools

The small school strategy group, formed of eight multi-academy trust CEOs, is working to help small schools find a compatible trust

Revealed: 8 in 10 school leaders see rise in vexatious complaints

91¶¶Òõ investigation uncovers a 'Wild West' parent complaints system pushing schools with stretched resources and stressed staff to the brink

Ministers challenged over ‘intolerable’ school violence

Scottish Conservatives will accuse SNP ministers of failing to take action when school violence is leaving teachers 'terrified to go to work'

‘Poverty of financial education in UK’, Martin Lewis warns MPs

Getting financial education onto the national curriculum in England a decade ago has been 'counterproductive', Commons Education Select Committee told

Ofsted: 8 concerns over English teaching

Watchdog says teaching of reading has improved but curricula for spoken and written language are less effective

Presumption of mainstream schooling for pupils with ASN is ‘wrong’, hear MSPs

There should be no 'default bias' in favour of educating pupils with additional needs in special or mainstream schools given that they can flourish in either, says ASN Tribunal

SQA dispute called off after pay offer accepted

Union had predicted ‘major impact’ on exams if industrial action by SQA staff continued through the spring – and warned today that 'tensions' remain

SEND: Hunt urged to increase funding for school places

In a letter seen by 91¶¶Òõ, the education committee chair writes to the chancellor ahead of the Spring Budget setting out the need for more funding for pupils with SEND