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NFER research recommends four ways the government could encourage more diversity in teaching and school leadership

​​​​​​​Attendance, implementation of the new curriculum, teacher recruitment and progress in literacy and numeracy all causing concern in Welsh chief inspector’s annual report

Conservative MP introduces parliamentary bill, saying training for teachers would help the early diagnosis of autism

It is hoped the new brand of qualification – which will be called VCSEs and will replace existing vocational qualifications such as Btecs – will improve parity of esteem

Combined framework will set out how teachers should be trained in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support, oracy and mental health

Professor John McKendrick’s first annual report also says progress widening access to university in Scotland has ‘stalled’ despite a record number of students from deprived backgrounds securing places in 2021-22

School leaders' union warns unions will have no choice but to take industrial action if government fails to remedy 'neglect and underinvestment'

Cross-bench MPs’ committee is calling on the watchdog to 'rebuild trust' and 'make major changes to school inspections'

Academies and maintained schools should be replaced by a single system run by school boards, says think tank

Newly qualified teachers are not the finished article – it would be 'mindboggling' if they were, says the new chair of the Scottish Council of Deans of Education

Tom Rees, chief executive of Ormiston Academies Trust, speaks to 91¶¶Òõ about being sent out of class by his mother, the inequality gap and why it is vital to retain great teachers

Government plan to impose minimum service levels during teacher strikes will 'add to the increasing unpopularity of teaching', unions warn

Inspectorate's new director of education Lee Owston questions whether it is right that 'some schools are more inclusive than others'

Still 'work to do' to define the purpose that MAT inspection would serve, the Confederation of School Trusts has said

91¶¶Òõ investigation reveals huge surge in demand for pupil referral unit places amid concern over 'extreme' behaviour and lack of specialist support

United Learning will pay higher wages than the nationally agreed 6.5 per cent teacher pay rise amid cost-of-living pressure and to reflect 'the excellence of colleagues'

91¶¶Òõ’ education news round-up this week includes more schools in deficit as a result of rising costs, new guidance on technology and schools' support pact for Ofsted inspections

With measles cases rising, schools and nurseries have been given advice on what to do if they have a confirmed or suspected case

Local authority maintained schools saw an increase in spending during the costs crisis last year, particularly on supply teachers and SEND services

New data also shows that a third of disadvantaged pupils were persistently absent last term

The ASCL has called for a new recovery funding stream for schools impacted by RAAC in its representation for the Budget in March

Report calls for funding to develop AI content detectors to help teachers spot when pupils have used artificial intelligence

Next government will 'bake in disadvantage' for children before they even start school under current plans, charity warns

But more than one in six teachers would prefer to receive £2,500-worth of CPD rather than a £1,000 pay rise, a survey shows