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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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DfE announces £196m to recruit more teachers
But headteachers' leaders warn that focus is also needed on retaining teachers
Labour still ‘working on’ how to recruit 6,500 more teachers
Speaking at the Labour Party conference, Bridget Phillipson also said Gillian Keegan has become a 'one-woman attack ad factory'
DfE’s funding blunder: everything you need to know
Late last week, the government revealed it had made a mistake in its school funding calculations for next year. But what does this mean for schools, councils and trusts?
Call for maximum 35-hour week for teachers
Union wants a 'New Deal for Teachers' including 'real-terms pay restoration' and action to cut workload and improve teacher-pupil ratios
Edinburgh teacher wins award for antiracism work
Hardeep Kaur has led staff training showing the impact of microaggressions and the importance of correctly pronouncing the names of BAME learners
Labour: ‘Dreaded’ Ofsted inspections ‘ineffective’
Ofsted is exacerbating the teacher recruitment and retention crisis, says shadow schools minister Catherine McKinnell at Labour's annual conference
Labour ready for ‘fight’ over RAAC and private school taxes
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told the Labour Party conference that Rishi Sunak can 'bring it on' if he wants a fight over which party has more aspiration for children
Teachers to join DfE’s AI workload reduction trial
The government is holding a 'hackathon' to allow schools to experiment with artificial intelligence in areas such as lesson planning and exam marking
Unions set to question DfE over school funding error
It comes after the NEU's Daniel Kebede said that there were 'grounds to reopen' the teacher pay and funding dispute
Teachers ‘must be protected from policy pendulum swings’
The next government needs to avoid 'reinventing the wheel' with education policy, National Institute of Teaching chief tells the Labour Party conference
Remove all asbestos within 40 years, teaching unions warn
A coalition of trade unions is calling for the material, which has been linked to cancer, to be removed from all public buildings, including schools
SEND support celebrated at Nasen Awards
Schools, teachers, pupils and organisations all honoured at annual awards party in Birmingham
DfE apologises over error in school funding calculation
Gillian Keegan has ordered a formal review after her department revealed a mistake in the national funding formula allocations for schools for 2024-25
DfE to reissue school funding calculation after error
Gillian Keegan orders review after a mistake was spotted in the 2024-25 National Funding Formula allocation
Teaching quality efforts ‘crushed’ by rising poverty
Next prime minister must create taskforce to fix child poverty so schools can focus on educational impact, says former DfE senior adviser Sam Freedman
VAT loopholes make Labour private school plan ‘tricky’
After-school clubs and reduced VAT on boarding school students could reduce tax bill for independent schools if Labour pushes ahead with fee levy, say experts
Lack of exam data ‘put Ofsted under pressure’
Chief inspector shares her experiences and tells academy trust sector conference that MAT inspections are inevitable
Covid inquiry: ‘Mistake’ to keep schools shut
Former children’s tsar tells inquiry the government failed to ‘realistically prepare’ for Covid lockdowns and mitigate their long-term impact on pupils
91¶¶Òõ News podcast conference special: The end of A levels?
Join the 91¶¶Òõ News team as we discuss the prime minister's plan for a new post-16 qualification, the Advanced British Standard, and look ahead to the Labour Party's conference in Liverpool
Labour Party conference: What can teachers expect?
After Rishi Sunak revealed his big plan for post-16 education at his party's conference, how will the opposition respond?
Barran: Each school should get a DfE attendance ‘deep dive’
The academies minister said a 'more detailed diagnostic on the root causes of non-attendance' is needed
DfE drawing up country-wide MAT growth plans
The DfE is looking at producing subregional plans for areas such as London, setting out how it expects trusts to grow, a regional director has revealed
‘Outstanding’ grade ‘out of reach’ for ‘good’ schools
91¶¶Òõ analysis showing huge fall in 'good' schools being given the top rating by Ofsted reveals how it is now a 'binary' inspection grading system, warn leaders
Fears catch-up progress will be lost as schools face costs struggle
Some schools are questioning the point of getting tutoring 'up and running' when funds are set to disappear next year