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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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DfE to miss teacher pay deadline

Delay comes after teaching unions the NEU and NASUWT said they would ballot members for industrial action over teacher pay again this year

New legal duty for schools to report child sexual abuse

Headteachers' leader voices concern about the capacity of social care and the police to help children if there is an increase in referrals

Futura Learning Partnership appoints next CEO

Gary Schlick, current deputy CEO of the 27-school multi-academy trust, will take up the top job in September

De Souza wants to check every school’s approach to phones

The children's commissioner told Commons Education Select Committee MPs today that she would like to get a national picture of how schools restrict mobile use

Business leader exodus a ‘real risk’ for schools

An ASCL poll has found that 50 per cent of school business leaders are considering leaving their role in the next three years

Teachers ‘suffer broken bones’ as pupil violence rises

The increase in violent behaviour in Scottish schools has also left some staff suffering PTSD, warns EIS union

‘Majority of parents’ want all primary pupils to get free meals

The survey findings come after free school meals were extended to every primary school pupil in London for a second year

Cosla: Ring-fencing funding for teachers means deeper cuts elsewhere

Services such as social work, libraries and youth work will suffer if the Scottish government pushes ahead with plans to ring-fence £145.5m for school staff, say councils

DfE rejects calls to scrap EBacc and reform Progress 8

The government turns down recommendations for 11-16 changes made by a House of Lords committee

‘Zero tolerance’ on school violence promised by Scottish Labour

Teachers need better guidance on dealing with violence in school, as well as confidence that incidents of concerning behaviour will be addressed properly, says Pam Duncan-Glancy

GCSEs: Former education secretary to review reducing exam burden

Charles Clarke will chair a review of secondary education for OCR, which will publish policy proposals in the summer

Schools should ban mobile phone use, says new guidance

Guidance says school behaviour policies should make it clear that pupils can be searched for mobile phones and similar devices

Scotland ‘less proactive’ in cutting teacher workload

Teacher workload is highlighted as a major concern during a teaching union event at the Scottish Labour conference

Schools face ‘crossing red lines’ with budget cuts

Half of school business professionals warn their school is set to run out of money within three years

Film set to become discrete subject in Scottish schools

Plan to make film and screen education available to every pupil in every school 'could make Scottish kids among the most cineliterate in the world'

Revealed: The ‘sickening’ rise in supply costs hitting schools

Supply spend is rising across the schools system, with leaders citing the growing support needs of pupils, teacher shortages and higher supply prices as cost drivers

Ofsted and Ofqual asked for plans to deal with AI

Ministers tell inspectorate and exams watchdog to assess the risks that the abuse of artificial intelligence poses to their sector

Weekly round-up: The research drive to help teachers

This week’s essential education news includes the launch of a five-year research project to identify best teaching practice and women in schools being denied flexible working

GCSE resits: Minimum teaching time rules criticised by school leaders

Schools and colleges that do not meet minimum teaching hours for maths and English GCSE resit students will face funding cuts

No fines for councils over drop in teacher numbers

But education secretary says Scottish councils will face stricter teacher targets next year and threatens to enshrine in law the hours that pupils spend in class

Schools ‘reject 1 in 3 flexible working requests from women’

Public sector employers are being 'inconsistent, rigid and unimaginative' in response to requests for flexible working, says Unison

Extending the school day ‘could cut absence’

Lengthen the school day to help disadvantaged pupils, says report – but leaders warn that this would require significant extra funding

School uniforms can ‘restrict’ girls’ activity, research finds

Uniforms can lead to 'greater gender inequalities' in physical activity among primary school-aged children, finds University of Cambridge study

Scottish curriculum could be reviewed ‘every 10 years’

The goal is to ensure Curriculum for Excellence remains ‘fit for purpose’ – views would be sought in an exercise similar to the recent 'national discussion' on Scottish education