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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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Budget 2023: All primaries to provide ‘wraparound’ care

Jeremy Hunt said he wanted all primaries to offer care at both ends of the school day by September 2026 when delivering his Budget today

Calls for ‘ambitious’ new strategy to tackle Stem teacher shortage

Will the £20,000 Stem bursary for student teachers be available next year? The government won’t say – but opposition politicians want a new approach

Scottish teacher pay offer officially accepted

Education secretary says 'the threat of further strike action in our schools is now formally lifted'

Gibb: Teaching about suicide could be ‘requirement’ in RSE

Government review of relationships and sex education and health education could include a specific requirement to teach about suicide prevention, schools minister suggests

DfE seeks ‘outstanding’ leader to be next Ofsted chief

Applications to succeed Amanda Spielman as Ofsted chief inspector will close in early April, according to a new job advert

NEU attacks ‘new and unusual’ DfE stance on pay talks 

Heads' union leader criticises the DfE for creating an 'impasse' in pay talks as he emerges from meeting with education secretary

NASUWT members vote to accept Scottish teacher pay offer

Marginal vote in favour of teacher pay offer follows votes by other unions to accept, although the NASUWT 'remains in dispute' with Scottish government and local authorities

Workload is unmanageable, say most school staff

A major report on school staff wellbeing, compiled by 91¶¶Òõ, also shows that only about one-third of staff feel valued at work

Oak National Academy: Ofsted to advise subject groups

Resources for primary music and secondary geography lessons will be delayed by a year, national quango reveals

NEU: ‘Distraction politics’ won’t avert strikes

No teacher strike dates are planned from Friday, meaning the government will 'run out of excuses for not negotiating', warns NEU general secretary

‘Just 3%’ of nurseries say they can maintain provision

Early years leaders warn ministers of 'crisis' facing early years settings ahead of Wednesday's Budget

Incentive to improve diversity of Welsh teaching workforce

A total of £5,000 is available to eligible black, Asian or minority ethnic student teachers

Northern Ireland school leaders escalate industrial action

'Nothing is off the table' as headteachers' union considers options in ongoing dispute over pay and conditions

Teacher pay: Welsh strikes on hold in wake of new offer

The teacher pay offer in Wales includes an 11.8 per cent pay rise over two years and a 1.5 per cent one-off payment this year

What are the Scottish Lib Dems’ education priorities?

Education was central to Alex Cole-Hamilton's conference speech in Dundee, including classroom violence, national testing and secure employment for teachers

NEU left out of latest DfE union talks amid strike stalemate

Gillian Keegan is meeting with leaders of NAHT, ASCL and NASUWT but government sources say talks with NEU will only happen if it halts latest teacher strike

Labour plans to replace Ofsted grades

Shadow education secretary to reveal that a Labour government would also introduce an annual review of school safeguarding

GCSEs: Hold coursework ‘exams’ to fight ChatGPT

Ofqual chief tells headteachers that if she were a centre leader, she would have all work that contributes to grades done in school under exam conditions to combat students using artificial intelligence to complete work

Ofsted chief: Complaints process not ‘satisfying’ schools

Amanda Spielman also admits that pupil voice has been given too much weight in some Ofsted school inspections, speaking at a headteachers’ conference this morning

Teacher strikes: EIS union members vote to accept pay offer

Teacher strike action over pay started in November in Scotland but all industrial action has now been called off by the EIS, Scotland's biggest teaching union

Stop ‘trading in fatuous soundbites’, Keegan told

Headteachers' leader to urge education secretary to come forward with a pay offer and end the teacher strikes

Free schools ‘won’t solve SEND places crisis’

Special-school leaders question whether the DfE understands the scale of shortage of places after latest announcement

DfE ‘concern’ over off-site schooling

Government concerned at quality of education at alternative settings outside of schools, 91¶¶Òõ has learned

10 MATs lined up to run attendance hubs

Project started by Northern Education Trust set to be rolled out to major multi-academy trusts after call from Gillian Keegan