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The government has offered a 6.5 per cent pay rise for teachers from September 2023. What will happen next?

Nearly 9 in 10 teachers who voted in a ballot held by the NEU union wanted to accept the government's pay deal, after months of strike action

University of Greenwich, whose teacher training programme received a positive Ofsted rating but failed to be reaccredited, urges education secretary to review process

With new figures showing a high dropout rate for teacher trainees last year, school-based training providers warn they are being put off by the realities of school funding and staff workloads

The number of schools and pupil starts on the National Tutoring programme has risen compared with last year, new figures suggest

This week’s essential education news includes a record number of school suspensions, analysis of the teacher pay deal and the challenges facing the next head of Ofsted

The number of trainees who failed to qualify with QTS was up by 40 per cent in 2021-22

Less than half of the first areas to be inspected by Ofsted on their SEND support get a top grade, while 'significant concerns' were found in one area

Schools minister said he will review DfE mobile phones in schools policy following Unesco report on negative impact on learning

Warning comes amid concerns over sexual harassment against women teachers and girls in schools

Education committee chair warns that a 'very significant statistical increase in SEND in the early years ought to be ringing alarm bells'

DfE behaviour tsar Tom Bennett has criticised Ofsted for suggesting suspensions and exclusions were too high in a multi-academy trust report

Warning comes ahead of September deadline for schools to set out plans for ‘high-quality music curriculum', including at least an hour a week of teaching

The Scottish government hit its overall interim target for getting more young people from disadvantaged areas into university – but three higher education institutions failed to satisfy individual targets

School leaders' union urges DfE to reveal the criteria for its hardship fund, announced as part of the teacher pay deal

Plus: two schools’ overall grades changed after complaints to Ofsted, and other findings from inspectorate’s annual report

An overwhelming majority of the school leaders' union's members vote to accept last week's 6.5 per cent pay offer

New research suggests teachers and middle leaders are spending around two hours a day on administrative tasks

The DfE has published findings from surveys it has carried out with thousands of school staff. Here is everything you need to know

DfE report shows how cost-of-living crisis led to some schools cutting staff numbers and turning heating down or off during the winter

The school inspection system is widely seen as broken – so, can it be fixed, or is Ofsted too far gone to save?

Projects including urgent fire safety work, roof replacements and boiler and heating repairs will go ahead after more than 20 schools won appeals having been turned down by the Condition Improvement Fund

The NELI programme has been funded by the department to help pupils impacted by the pandemic catch up on speech, language and communication skills

The suspension rate during the first full year following the Covid lockdowns was the highest recorded in government published figures