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No A-level results for 58,000 students who dropped out

Education secretary Lucy Powell prioritises tackling the Neet crisis and insists the newly announced technical education routes will not create a ‘two-tier system’

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Ofsted: Ex-inspector crowdfunds £40K for legal challenge

School leaders hope to fund a High Court action to compel Ofsted to reveal the evidence it uses to downgrade schools

Ofsted crisis: Heads back call to halt inspector work

NAHT union calls on heads to withdraw from Ofsted inspection work until pay dispute is resolved as Ruth Perry's sister urges school leaders to 'hand in their inspector badges'

Labour pledges to plug ‘alarming’ subject teacher gaps

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson to tell heads at NAHT conference that Labour will ensure pupils are taught by specialist teachers in each subject

Scottish Tories call for teacher pay differentiation in ‘core subjects’

Scottish Conservatives lay out the eight priorities in their 'new deal for teachers', including proposal for 'competitive salaries' to 'attract more industry professionals' into Stem subjects

Whiteman: Pay dispute is ‘battle for heart and soul of education’

NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman is to urge ministers to come back to negotiating table in his speech to union's annual conference

Revealed: 91¶¶Òõ Schools Awards 2023 shortlist

Find out who has made the list this year as 91¶¶Òõ prepares to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of school leaders and staff

Study finds ‘no crisis’ in Scottish teacher education

But schools want more say in the grading of student teachers on placement, with some believing universities are guilty of passing students ‘who are struggling’

Raise mental health lead grant to boost school take-up, DfE told

Heads' leaders say £1,200 mental health lead grant is not enough to meet the training costs and pay for staff cover, as data reveals that DfE is just halfway towards its sign-up target for this year

How far can MATs be true ‘community anchors’?

Leaders want multi-academy trusts to provide greater 'social good' and engage more with communities – but what would this look like?

DfE accused of ‘massive own goal’ on MAT governance

Governance leaders question why DfE dropped plan to ensure all multi-academy trusts have a local tier of governors

DfE axes National Leaders of Governance scheme

The government will not be extending reviews programme for schools and trusts with 'weak' governance beyond October this year

Walker: Drop GCSE resits rule to boost ‘maths to 18’ plan

Former schools minister Robin Walker questions the value of pupils failing repeated resits of GCSE maths

Heads urged to take down Ofsted banners at schools

NAHT president-elect Simon Kidwell will tell the union's conference that schools should take action to put Ofsted 'back in its box'

Heads and teachers to plan for joint strikes

Plan revealed after the NAHT school leaders' union announces re-ballot of members on strike action over pay, funding, workload and wellbeing

Welsh schools: ‘Experienced staff are struggling and new staff are drowning’

The new curriculum began being introduced in Welsh schools in September – but it’s not just curricular reform piling the pressure on the country’s teachers

Weekly round-up: Teacher strike and Ofsted inquiry

This week’s essential education news and analysis includes the teacher pay dispute and Thursday's strike action, the launch of an inquiry into Ofsted inspections and a worrying drop in ITT applications

Sats 2023: Cutting lost papers ‘key priority’ this year, says STA

School leaders warn the problems with last year's key stage 2 Sats 'must not be allowed to be repeated' as STA publishes report less than two weeks before this year's tests

DfE raises secondary ITT target by 26%

The government has estimated that 26,360 postgraduate initial teacher training secondary trainees will need to start their training in the 2023-24 academic year

Parents’ support for teacher strike softens

Majority of parents still support the NEU teaching union strike, but opposition to the action has increased since February

Ofsted MAT checks: 7 key findings

Ofsted resumed its summary evaluations of multi-academy trusts a year ago. Here is everything you need to know about its findings since then

Plan for ‘a range’ of teacher pay levels, schools told

DfE tells heads they should budget for all possible pay review body outcomes after its pay offer was rejected by all four unions and ahead of further teacher strikes tomorrow

Scottish students not ready for return to pre-Covid assessment, say teachers

Nine in 10 secondary teachers disagree with the Scottish Qualifications Authority decision to reinstate coursework and exams in practical subjects next year

CEO of one of country’s largest MATs to stand down

Oasis Community Learning chief executive John Murphy is to stand down after nine years in post

NI teachers and civil servants in biggest industrial action for a decade

Strike action in Northern Ireland takes place a day after it emerged that no new school buildings or school extensions would be started in 2023-24 as a result of education cuts