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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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School leader burnout more than doubles

Senior leaders are being 'broken' by the pressures of workload, accountability and funding shortages, warns union leader

Additional support for learning inquiry launched in Scotland

Teachers and pupils are encouraged to share views on school and local authority ASN services before deadline at the end of December

Centre of Teaching Excellence questions sidestepped by Gilruth

Education secretary refuses to be drawn on how the Centre of Teaching Excellence will be run or what it will cost, saying teachers must be consulted on the proposal

Wilshaw: Ofsted ‘not focusing enough on teaching quality’

Former Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw also warns that it is 'ridiculous' that schools with 'terrible' results can receive 'good' Ofsted judgements

Welsh schools told ‘make learning interesting’ to cut absence

Attendance will improve if pupils 'actively want to come to school', says new government guidance

‘Existential threat’ to catch-up tutoring, warns DfE adviser

Warning comes as government is yet to make any commitments to funding tutoring beyond this academic year, despite widening disadvantage gap

Schools face ‘huge extra workload’ from RSHE demand

Letter from education secretary risks 'expectation' that schools 'must publish every piece of planning and resource used across the RSHE curriculum', leaders warn DfE

Mark Lehain appointed special adviser to Keegan

Former free school head returns as education secretary special adviser, with a focus on school and family policy

Probe Spielman on home education concerns, judge tells Ofsted

Ofsted must ask chief inspector Amanda Spielman for evidence behind concerns she raised with MPs over home education, tribunal rules

Should wearing a school blazer be optional?

Making blazers 'an optional item' should be carefully considered, according to a Scottish government group looking at school uniform policy

Rise in illness absence due to anxiety

School leaders have called for the government to redouble efforts to address growing pupil mental health problem since pandemic

Heads ‘deflated’ after DfE funding email error

The Department for Education has apologised to several academy trusts after mistakenly telling them they were eligible to apply for a school building fund

DfE strike plan ‘a hostile attack’ on teachers’ rights

Unions react with anger after Gillian Keegan warns that the DfE could introduce minimum service levels for schools to curb strike disruption

Breaking: Keegan urges unions to engage over minimum service levels

Education secretary has told unions DfE will introduce minimum service levels in schools if voluntary agreement is not reached

CST appoints Sir Hamid Patel as chair

Star Academies chief takes on role after serving on the Confederation of School Trusts board since September 2019 

Scottish teachers are ‘overworked and underpaid’, EIS tells UN

The union says ‘national action’ is needed on teacher workload, lack of preparation time and pay restoration

10 questions with... John Camp

The new ASCL president tells 91¶¶Òõ how his own school experience has driven his career and underpins his philosophy of 'ambitious and optimistic education for all'

3 in 4 Reception teachers find baseline test ‘unhelpful’

Only a tiny minority of teachers think the Reception Baseline Assessment provides accurate information, a poll finds

NTP improved progress but only when led by schools

Review of the second year of the National Tutoring Programme shows that only 35 per cent of Year 11 students selected were from disadvantaged backgrounds

Keegan: ‘Fortune’ spent on ‘lose-lose’ SEND situation

Education secretary Gillian Keegan describes SEND as being in a 'lose-lose-lose situation' with the Treasury, councils and service users all dissatisfied

Sharp rise in severe pupil absence and unauthorised holiday

The number of pupils missing 50 per cent or more sessions in the autumn and spring terms last year was up by a quarter on 2021-22, new figures show

Primary pupil numbers to plummet by 410k in five years

Decreasing pupil numbers are already beginning to impact school budgets, warns union leader

‘No end in sight’ to RAAC saga, warns union leader

The DfE confirms 43 more schools with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete as Labour brands the situation a 'shambles'

Weekly round-up: New KS4 data and online GCSEs

This week’s essential education news includes new key stage 4 performance data revealing a bigger disadvantage gap, one exam board's plan to take GCSEs online, and a 'hostile attack' on teachers' rights