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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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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

AI ‘threat’ sparks SQA reminder of ‘serious’ penalties for plagiarism

The Scottish Qualifications Authority has asked schools to remind students about ‘the potential consequences of submitting work that isn’t their own’ – including that they could fail the course

Falling rolls fund will open to schools with lower Ofsted grades

DfE funding rule change aims to help schools hit by falling pupil numbers due to the decline in the birth rate

Two-thirds of heads ‘have to cut teaching assistants’

More schools are using pupil premium to plug funding gaps than at any point since polling began six years ago

Strikes: MATs leader urges DfE to resume pay talks

Confederation of School Trusts' chief calls on the government to return to the negotiating table on teacher pay, ahead of scheduled strikes

Help pupils choose harder books, teachers urged

Pupils read more books due to social media trends like 'BookTok' but are not choosing challenging texts, report finds

Ofsted: No MAT inspection leaves DfE in the dark

The fact that multi-academy trusts are not being inspected means they are not being held fully 'accountable' or receiving enough 'credit' for their work, warns Ofsted

Scotland’s next children’s commissioner to be appointed

Nicola Killean, the Big Noise music project boss who began her career as a nursery teacher, is to take over from Bruce Adamson next month

Inquiry will ‘rigorously investigate’ Ofsted inspection system

A new inquiry, chaired by a former schools minister, will look at ways to make school inspections 'fairer' amid controversy over Ofsted's approach

What makes a ‘quality’ MAT, according to DfE

Government sets out more details on how it will decide which multi-academy trusts will be given the green light to expand

How close is Scotland to meeting target for minority-ethnic teachers?

New data shows 4% aim for teachers in Scotland identifying as minority ethnic is 'highly ambitious' at current rate of progress

ITT: Primary applications plummet by a fifth

Applications to secondary teacher training fall below last year as primary applications sink

School leaders warn Keegan they still expect 15% teacher pay rise

The NAHT school leaders' union has written to Gillian Keegan today confirming it is seeking a 15% pay rise for 2023 in its ongoing dispute with the government

Need to know: DfE’s latest guidance for early career teachers

The DfE has updated its guidance for Early Career Framework induction for next academic year. Here's what's changing

Ambition’s Tom Rees named CEO of major multi-academy trust

Mr Rees, a former headteacher, joins Ormiston Academies Trust from Ambition Institute

Scotland’s per-pupil spend highest in UK, but effects unclear

Per-pupil funding for schools in Scotland this year is more than 18 per cent higher than in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, IFS research shows – largely because of early years investment

Revealed: the schools least visited by ministers

Since last January Department for Education ministers have been more likely to visit schools in France and Spain than in the South West of England, data seen by 91¶¶Òõ reveals

GCSEs 2023: Grading fears amid high exam student absence

Former schools minister warns of 'grave concern' over Year 11 absence rates as exam grading standards return to pre-pandemic levels

Teacher assessment ‘impossible’ amid ChatGPT rise

Think tank report suggests AI will make it impossible to guard against cheating and trust coursework grades

Ofsted crisis: ‘Olive branch’ not enough to salvage trust

Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman seeks to address concerns over safeguarding judgements and the watchdog's complaints process

Gibb: Ofsted and DfE to ‘look at’ limiting judgements

Schools minister says the government and inspectorate would consider if limiting judgements on safeguarding are right approach after concern raised about schools being downgraded

Funding cut for disadvantaged pupils in Northern Ireland

Decision to scrap Extended Schools Programme has been described as 'devastating', and critics say Northern Ireland pupils' education seems less valued than in the rest of the UK

Exam reform report highlights Scottish teachers’ workload concerns

Despite widespread support for reform of qualifications and assessment, Hayward review analysis finds many competing views about what that should entail

Suspensions up by nearly a quarter since pandemic

The number of suspensions being made by schools has jumped since the pandemic, but permanent exclusions are down, data shows