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Officials want to help schools hire more teachers from overseas amid worsening recruitment crisis

After strike action over teacher pay in 2023, the EIS calls for less ‘stalling’ over salary increases this time round

This week’s education news round-up includes the first interview with new Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver and one exam board's plan to introduce digital GCSE exams next year

In some councils pupil demand is ‘vastly larger than supply’ and funding is not keeping pace with rising costs

Subject to Ofqual approval, Pearson Edexcel plans to offer GCSE English language and literature on-screen in 18 months’ time

91¶¶Òõ Scotland analysis finds one in five teachers working in primary, secondary and special schools is on a temporary contract

The International Baccalaureate said it would not be sharing assessment data to prevent 'generalised comparisons'

Warning about teachers' safety as union details compensation claims for assault, including a staff member who suffered a fractured jaw when punched by a pupil

It took nearly five years to secure a permanent site for one of the government’s flagship specialist maths schools, annual report reveals

Leading education figures have their say on the issues the new chief inspector should put at the top of his to-do list

Rural parts of Scotland have a disproportionately high number of school buildings in disrepair, compared with urban areas, official figures show

In his first interview since starting his role as chief inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver details how he plans to tackle the multiple challenges Ofsted is facing – starting by delaying the return of routine inspections

The former Outwood Grange Academies Trust CEO has replaced Amanda Spielman as the head of the schools inspectorate

Chris Smith's passion for maths has worldwide reach beyond his state school in the Ayrshire town of Kilmarnock

Academy trust CEOs, heads and teachers among the appointees in the King's New Year Honours list

Proposed National Digital Academy aimed to help people study for Highers ‘any time, any place’, but doubts cast over scheme's progress

Amid disappointment over a lack of new ideas for education in this month's Scottish Budget, campaigners aim to step up their drive for more money and resources

An Institute for Government report also calls on new chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver to issue a comprehensive response to the Ruth Perry inquest findings

Importance of defibrillators in schools 'cannot be overemphasised', say Scottish Conservatives as they highlight 'deeply alarming' data

Christmas holidays underline the argument for universal free school meals, says Scotland's biggest teaching union

Children affected by homelessness are also coming to school tired and hungry, a survey finds

Unions tell teacher pay body not to feel 'constrained' after Gillian Keegan asks it to take financial pressures into account in recommending pay rise for 2024-25

The Department of Education has announced the new BSL qualification after the consultation was delayed twice