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During a start-of-term live event, the education secretary says 'it will take some time to make sure that we have the provision in place'

Half of primary schools' top-attaining maths pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds fail to get a grade 7 or higher in the subject at GCSE, research warns

Comments demonstrate 'upside-down thinking' and show Ofsted is 'out of touch' with the profession, biggest teaching union claims

List aimed at cutting teacher workload includes 'investigating a pupil's absence' and 'producing and collating analyses of attendance figures'

Scotland’s education secretary has urged schools and councils to be flexible when considering education maintenance allowance applications as official figures show uptake is falling

The government has said it will conduct a 'rapid review' to clear the way for a replacement from 1 September

The inspectorate-led review should include recommendations on ‘sufficiency of resources and training’ for Welsh schools, says Senedd report into gender-based violence

The Department for Education is expected to publish the initial recommendations from its workload reduction 'task force' today

Interest in joining the teaching profession is high but better financial incentives are needed to persuade people to swap careers, poll shows

Scottish government also being urged to give clarity to schools on ‘boundaries and consequences’ in the wake of research showing that behaviour is deteriorating

The proportion of students passing GCSE maths in November exams fell compared with the previous year and pre-pandemic levels

This week’s essential education news includes the two main parties revealing plans to tackle post-Covid pupil absence and an appeal to Ofsted to reduce the fear of inspection

It comes as both the government and Labour set out plans this week to tackle the ongoing absence crisis

Ofsted should review schools’ fair access admissions policies as part of inspections to check rising 'social selectivity', the Sutton Trust says

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Here are five recommendations from experts speaking to an MPs' committee today about how schools could be better supported to teach digital literacy and online safety

In a keynote speech, the shadow education secretary also confirms Labour would legislate to ensure parents cannot avoid paying the proposed VAT on private school fees

Northern Ireland schools receive advice on changes to RSE and lessons on issues such as birth control and abortion rights

But experts sound warnings over data privacy and the reliability of AI in addressing the school attendance crisis

Schools minister Damian Hinds tells 91¶¶Òõ that pupils with ‘mild anxiety’ should not be kept off school, as DfE rolls out attendance hubs

Trusts' leader says DfE attendance measures are not enough and a 'much more systemic response' is needed

Headteachers and trust leaders back return as watchdog promises to publish its response to the coroner’s Regulation 28 report relating to Ruth Perry’s death on 19 January

Scottish Greens say being taught medical skills is routine in some countries’ schools, and that Scotland should follow suit with school-based first-aid training for all

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Cheshire East, Wiltshire, Devon and Bracknell Forest are understood to be submitting final proposals to the DfE next week