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Jewish pupils face ‘regular and hostile abuse’

Former Ofsted chief highlights the ‘extraordinary’ security measures required in Jewish faith schools as he reveals the interim findings from his review into antisemitism in education settings

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NEU challenges Keegan over teacher pay ‘delays’

The NEU teachers' union calls on education secretary Gillian Keegan to urgently issue a remit to the School Teachers’ Review Body

NI leaders demand end of ‘chronic underfunding’

Pupils in Northern Ireland should be entitled to the same level of investment as those in England, Scotland or Wales, say seven key NI education leaders

Weekly round-up: Ruth Perry verdict and trainee shortage

This week’s essential education news includes the inquest ruling on the death of Ruth Perry and the DfE falling far short of its targets for new teacher trainees

Ruth Perry inquest verdict must be ‘catalyst for change’, say heads

The inquest into headteacher Ruth Perry's death concluded that Ofsted 'likely contributed' to her taking her own life

Boris Johnson: Schools were ‘terrific Covid reservoirs’

The former prime minister told the Covid inquiry he was 'desperate' to keep schools open in January 2021 but 'it wasn't a runner'

DfE rejects MPs’ call for mental health review to tackle absence

There are 'outstanding questions' about whether schools have resources to meet demand for mental health and SEND services, says Robin Walker

Ofsted inspection ‘likely contributed’ to Ruth Perry’s death

Senior coroner says Ms Perry's 'mental health deterioration and death was likely contributed to by the Ofsted inspection' at the conclusion of inquest

Ruth Perry: Ofsted inspection ‘likely contributed’ to her death

The headteacher took her own life after Ofsted downgraded her primary school from its highest rating to its lowest, inquest finds

Revealed: secondary ITT target missed by half

Government data shows the teacher recruitment crisis has 'plumbed new depths', heads' leaders warn

Breaking: Only half of secondary teacher trainee target reached

The government has recruited just half of the secondary teacher trainees it said it needed this year

Schools need tech investment to avoid online exam ‘divide’

Exam boards have called on the government to make sure schools have the digital access and guidance they need for online GCSE exams

Visa crackdown: what schools need to know

Here is the essential information that teachers and leaders need about the government's latest immigration plans

DfE can’t yet give end date for RAAC crisis, MPs told

The education secretary, answering MPs' questions on a range of issues, says some schools are still waiting for a second RAAC building survey

231 schools now confirmed as having RAAC

Education secretary Gillian Keegan tells MPs that three schools with RAAC are still operating a hybrid model, with some pupils doing remote learning

OCR to launch first fully online GCSE in 2025

The exam board has announced it will launch a digitally-assessed computer science GCSE in 2025 if it gets Ofqual approval

Private schools more likely to win exam grade appeals

Appeals from the wealthiest parts of Scotland after the 2023 SQA exams were also more likely to be successful, new analysis shows

Pisa results: Spielman highlights drop in focus on science teaching

England and the UK as a whole have seen Pisa science scores steadily decline since 2006, though they remain higher than maths and reading

Scotland’s Pisa scores drop across the board

Reading, science and maths results in Scotland drop to record lows, but Pisa scores across the OECD have fallen in first update since Covid pandemic

UK’s Pisa scores fall in maths, science and reading

The decline in performance should 'concern us a lot', says international education figure – but others urge caution when interpreting the results

DfE to scrutinise MATs’ absence data

Chief scientific adviser to the DfE has called for further analysis of school attendance data to understand where intervention is needed

Teaching union announces new pay dispute

NASUWT declares a second formal dispute with Gillian Keegan over what it claims are 'deliberate' delays in setting a remit for the independent teacher pay body

Almost 1 in 3 parents struggle with costs of sending children to school

The cost of school uniforms is one of the most pressing concerns for parents, according to a survey by Parentkind

‘Huge cultural change’ needed on parent involvement

Parents are not getting the involvement in schools that they are now legally entitled to in Scotland, says head of a national parents' organisation

News podcast: New shadow schools minister speaks to 91¶¶Òõ

Join the 91¶¶Òõ News team as they discuss an exclusive interview with Labour's new shadow schools minister, Catherine McKinnell