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Fresh "national action plan" considered as government acknowledges that efforts to help pupils catch up after the pandemic have failed to reach "all who need it"

STA chief told schools minister more transparency would ’increase public and sector confidence in the primary assessment system’, after reports that this year's KS2 Sats upset pupils, 91¶¶Òõ can reveal

New data shows 87,000 more pupils have SEND in English schools this year, with the numbers of EHCPs and those receiving SEN support also on the increase

Researchers say that children’s academic positivity accounts for ‘significant’ growth in key stage 2 attainment

This week’s essential education news and analysis includes warnings to government about the scale of the teacher recruitment and retention crisis, criticism over the timing of next month's planned strikes and expert insight into how schools can tap into the power of marketing

Hayward recommendations for qualifications and assessment in Scotland are ‘radical’ – so education secretary wants to be certain the changes are ‘the right ones’

Scottish headteachers are calling for action over longstanding teacher shortages in subjects such as maths and computing

One in five children enters secondary school with reading or vocabulary two years behind expected levels, research shows

Evidence to a parliamentary inquiry on recruitment and retention also includes repeated calls to make teaching more flexible

Since 1990 teenage girls in Scotland had been more positive about school but that has now changed, according to longitudinal survey that also raises concerns about students' overall satisfaction with school

Most school leaders favour other types of support for poorer pupils over the government's flagship catch-up tutoring scheme, study finds

£7 million will be spent on the second round of subjects, including relationships and sex education and modern foreign languages

Sports days, school trips and work experience placements could also be affected by plans for two strike dates in July, a Teacher Tapp survey reveals

The scale of the teacher recruitment and retention problems has been laid bare in evidence to a Commons inquiry today

Ofsted's chief inspector Amanda Spielman is set to give evidence to a House of Lords inquiry this week

A Scottish Labour MSP is seeking views on new legislation to ensure that incidents of restraint and seclusion in schools are recorded and that there a clear route for complaints

The NEU's choice of strike dates next month has sparked a mixed reaction from teachers and leaders

Strike action over changes to pensions had been suspended but unions say the school has reneged on commitments made ‘only a matter of days ago’

New report calls for a dedicated government minister to drive forward a national strategy to join up education and youth work services

England's largest teaching union, the NEU, has announced strike dates on 5 and 7 July

Former MAT CEO Mark Ducker and Ofqual's ex-interim chief regulator Simon Lebus appointed CBEs in 2023 honours list

Professor Sam Twiselton speaks exclusively to 91¶¶Òõ about her legacy and sense of 'liberation' as she leaves Sheffield Institute of Education director role

Education secretary responds to union letter that had called on the DfE to resume teacher pay negotiations and publish the leaked STRB report

Humza Yousaf accused of ‘turning his back on rural Scotland’ following the revelation that 40 mainly rural schools have been closed or mothballed in recent years