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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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Non-specialist maths teachers need more CPD, says Ofsted
The inspectorate says the struggle to recruit and retain maths specialists is a challenge for many schools
Ofsted: 8 findings on history teaching
The inspectorate says the erosion of history as a subject has been reversed
DfE won’t publish primary progress scores for 2 years
Primary school progress scores in reading, writing and maths not being published for next two academic years after Covid Sats cancellations
Gibb: ‘Wrong to teach GCSEs over 3 years’
Schools minister Nick Gibb defends EBacc and Progress 8 against fierce criticism from Lord Baker
Teachers offered 6.5% pay deal
The government has accepted the STRB's recommendation for teacher pay in England
Strikes: Use of supply staff during walkouts ruled unlawful
Unions have won a High Court legal challenge against the government over a law allowing the use of supply staff to cover staff taking industrial action
Early years: Maths Champions ‘could help close attainment gap’
£7-per-pupil 'Maths Champions' scheme saw pupils make three months of additional progress in both maths and language development, finds analysis
Teacher strikes: NASUWT members back walkouts
Union to launch continuous action short of strikes commencing in September and consider strike dates
Teacher pay: 6.5% rise ‘unlikely’ to make ‘significant difference’
New research report says a full correction on teacher pay would need a 16.5 per cent rise for 2024
Cross-party call for £1.5bn ‘Tutoring Guarantee’
A coalition is calling on the government to ramp up spending on one-to-one tuition for disadvantaged children and scrap schools' need to match fund costs
Recruitment and retention crisis: 5 things MPs told today
MPs were warned about the challenges of running teaching apprenticeships and the lure of £40k starting salaries into other graduate professions
Teacher strikes: 6 findings on attendance last week
Data from 10,000 schools has been analysed by FFT Education Datalab to assess the impact of two days of strikes last week
Sats results 2023: No rise towards pre-Covid levels
Fewer Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading this year, following controversy over a paper that left pupils 'broken'
DfE extends reading framework to key stage 3
The government has also announced a review of how writing is being taught
Sats 2023: Wait for results for second year ‘beyond belief’
Leaders said they had been 'assured' there would not be a repeat of the same problems this year
Community projects ‘boost teacher wellbeing’
Helping pupils to carry out 'social action' work brings benefits to teachers – but many schools lack time and resources, finds report
Axing private school tax breaks would have ‘weak’ impact on demand
Labour's policy to add VAT to private school fees would bring in £1.6 billion in tax revenues, finds the IFS
Revealed: Scottish school attendance figures for 2022-23
91¶¶Òõ Scotland analysis of weekly attendance snapshots school attendance struggling to recover from Covid pandemic
SQA malpractice cases drop sharply from pre-Covid high
Plagiarism the most common form of 'candidate malpractice', Scottish Qualifications Authority figures show
Strikes: ‘Funded 6.5% pay rise would stop walkouts’
NEU joint general secretary Dr Mary Bousted believes the government meeting and funding a 6.5 per cent pay rise could bring an end to industrial action
SEND: ‘Cost-cutting’ deals could push councils to break law, DfE warned
Fears sounded over whether under-pressure local authorities will 'fully comply with their legal duties to children and young people with SEND'
Blair think tank calls for technological transformation
New report suggests a unique, digitalised record for every pupil could be used to tailor lessons and inform school inspection
GCSEs: AI marking is ‘miles away’, says Ofqual boss
Chief regulator Dr Jo Saxton says almost half of students and parents want to see a mix of paper and digital exams in future
Ofsted: Single-word judgements ‘aren’t wrong’, says Spielman
The chief inspector says a 'different government' might want to give the watchdog the remit to work with schools on improvement