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Heads and SEND leaders hit out at government refusal to publish financial modelling impact of reforms

Just 289 newly appointed heads have taken up early headship support offer despite revamp

Thought to be the first strike at a Scottish independent school, Hutchesons' Grammar teachers are walking out over ‘damaging enforced change to their terms and conditions'

The NEU said education secretary Gillian Keegan could avoid further industrial action if she addresses pay and other issues, including recruitment

The Standards and 91¶¶Òõting Agency has made the paper sat by Year 6 pupils last week available 'due to public interest in the tests'

Scotland's new education secretary is being accused of breaching the ministerial code during her time as transport minister

This week’s essential education news and analysis includes the government’s defence of this year’s controversial Sats reading paper, the threat of more strike action this summer and Ofsted’s plan to give schools a better idea of when they will be inspected

The union says it is time to overhaul the use of attainment data and stop schools in 'economically devastated' areas from being branded 'Scotland’s worst schools' in the media

The DfE had pledged to provide carbon literacy training to all schools but now says a single training offer would not be appropriate

Almost a quarter of pupils were persistently absent in autumn term 2022-23

Union leaders 'disappointed and concerned' that problems are emerging with the primary assessments again this year

The government’s attendance drive will not work while pupils have so many unmet needs, experts warn

Heads' leaders say measures only 'scratch the surface' and need more investment to be effective

Report raises fears about new teachers' workload under the Early Career Framework and concerns about the framework repeating content from initial teacher training

The watchdog's national director for education says 'outstanding' schools are on 'tenterhooks' since the pandemic, with no idea when they will be inspected

A pilot mentoring project is due to get underway in Welsh primaries as the government comes under fire for failing to enter Welsh children in the Pirls literacy study

Baroness Barran says ministers are concerned about the 'burden' of introducing Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts on top of school-level inspections

Education secretary grilled in Parliament after violent incident in secondary school, but insists that such cases are 'not the norm'

Documents also show SQA was warned ‘a return to the 2019 course requirements should not be done quickly’ because younger students had suffered ‘greater learning loss’

'I do not recognise the picture he paints,' says Scotland's education secretary after scathing assessment by outgoing children's commissioner Bruce Adamson

The country has risen from joint eighth to fourth out of 43 countries in the Pirls international education reading study

Schools minister says 85 per cent of pupils had 'enjoyed' trials of a Sats reading paper that left children 'broken' last week

Policy first announced in 2020 to provide free breakfasts in primary and special schools must be enacted this year, says charity

Education secretary calls on NEU teaching union to refer itself to UK statistics watchdog amid row over whether teacher pay offer is 'fully funded'