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The Standards and 91¶¶Òõting Agency tells schools minister that the Sats reading paper was in line with previous years, responding to reports that some pupils were left in tears

Leaders warn that last month's teacher hiring window ahead of new school year caused 'major anxiety' amid shortages of staff

Amendment ensures land for newly built academy schools would continue to be held in charitable trust

This week’s education round-up includes the threat of coordinated strike action by teachers and heads, demands for an inquiry into this year's Sats reading paper and an RSE review

The number of teachers opting out of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, because they cannot afford to continue contributing, has risen by more than two-thirds over the last year

The total number of GCSE entries rose to more than 5.5 million, with modern foreign languages becoming more popular

Children's commissioner calls for a national campaign to fix attendance as latest data shows more than a fifth of pupils were persistently absent so far this academic year

The main aim of the £1 billion a year investment is to improve outcomes for children but auditors say that will be hard to measure given the impact of Covid-19

Only 14 per cent of secondary school teachers have had more than half a day’s autism training, survey finds

Schools minister Nick Gibb pledged to look at this year’s KS2 Sats reading paper when it was published – but has so far declined to comment

The results of Scotland's 'national discussion' about the future of education were published and debated at Holyrood this afternoon

Decades worth of 'progressive' spending policies aimed at schools in disadvantaged areas are gradually being eroded, new report finds

Panel appointed following concerns that children are 'being taught concepts they are too young to understand'

More than £45,000 has now been raised to mount a judicial review against the way schools are inspected

New guidance on parental engagement in Scotland includes questions schools should ask themselves about how they involve pupils' families

Government says the dangers of vaping should be raised in health education lessons, and that police school liaison officers will work to keep vapes out of schools

From compulsory redundancies to reductions in promoted posts, mounting cost pressures are making Scottish independent school staff feel increasingly vulnerable

The first national ballot on industrial action in the union's 150-year history will run from 19 June to 31 July

‘Toughest ever’ DfE funding round saw two-thirds of bids for share of £465 million fund to tackle the most urgent school repair work rejected

Education secretary Gillian Keegan says she is serious about improving Ofsted inspection following a meeting with Julia Waters this week

Over a third of exam students during Covid felt teachers were biased against certain groups in the awarding of teacher-assessed grades, a major study shows

Strike ballot announced over 'real-terms pay cut', with the Association of Educational Psychologists also warning that services are overstretched

This week’s essential education news includes reaction to the STRB's recommended teacher pay rise, a call for Ofsted to publicly acknowledge its 'duty of care' to teachers and one exam board's apology for a mistake in a GCSE paper

The final report of Professor Louise Hayward's qualifications review will be with the education secretary next week – and she is clear the changes cannot be done on the cheap