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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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Scottish school leavers as likely to be in work as FE

Meanwhile the proportion of school leavers entering higher education, the most common destination, has dropped

Summer teacher strike dates could be set this month

But future teacher strikes would not take place during GCSE and A-level exams, NEU leader tells 91¶¶Òõ

Secondary school admissions policies ‘reinforce inequality’

Research into admissions comes on the day that families find out if their child has been accepted into the secondary school of their choice

Sats 2022: 3 in 5 heads’ calls to exams helpline unanswered

1 in 5 primary schools was also told that Sats results would be delayed for some pupils, Ofqual report finds

Controversial student sex survey results published

New report shows just half of local authorities shared data on pupil health and wellbeing with the Scottish government

Ofsted grades ‘not particularly useful’ for parents

Ofsted school inspection judgements can be years out of date when parents look at them and do not predict GCSE grades, study finds

Scottish teachers ‘absolutely resolute’ as national strike starts

EIS points to growing number of teachers on picket lines, while education secretary says she is 'offering meetings every day this week' in bid to resolve pay dispute

‘200,000’ teachers to strike over next 3 days

Today is the first of three days of regional strike action by teaching union members this week, following a national strike earlier this month in the pay dispute

SSTA: Scottish government has until Friday to make improved pay offer

The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association says if there is no new pay offer its members will be back out on strike

Government SEND plan to be published ‘within a week’

Education secretary says long-awaited plan to reform the SEND system, which was originally due to be set out last year, will be published in days

ITT: Teaching applications even lower than last year

Interest in teaching 'haemorrhaging', expert warns as latest statistics show 15% fall in primary teaching applicants

IB students can use ChatGPT in essays

International Baccalaureate says it will not ban students from using the chatbot in their work as long as they credit it

Survey: More Scots support teacher strikes than don’t

But there would be more support for nurses if they decided to strike in Scotland, as well as postal workers and bin men

Heads ‘emotionally crushed’ by ‘impossible job’

Eroding budgets, staff shortages and exhaustion from the pandemic mean school leadership is in crisis, support service warns

Review Ofsted school grades, says academies body

Confederation of School Trusts also calls on Ofsted to urgently assess the 'reliability' of its current inspection framework

SSTA members narrowly vote to accept teacher pay offer

Secondary teachers' union withdraws involvement in Scottish strike action next week 'in the expectation of an improved pay offer in the coming days'

School librarians being ‘wiped out’ in parts of Scotland

Budget cuts mean school libraries are facing 'stark' future, Shirley-Anne Somerville is warned

Teacher strikes: walkouts set to go ahead next week

NEU says education secretary Gillian Keegan has failed to prevent the upcoming strikes from happening but tells her she still has time to make a new pay offer

School support staff offered £1,925 pay rise from April

The pay deal is similar to one proposed last April and equates to a 9.42% increase for the lowest-paid staff

Sam Twiselton: my experience inside the ITT review

In an exclusive interview, Professor Sam Twiselton reveals how she has fought to steer the government's controversial shake-up of the initial teacher training sector in the right direction, and shares her fears about the future fallout

School attendance drive ‘creating a long-term problem’

DfE guidance is taking away schools' ability to make exceptional decisions on pupils' leave of absence and damaging trust with families, heads' leaders warn MPs

Persistent absence through illness more than double pre-Covid

New DfE data shows that, across the academic year, almost one in four pupils were persistently absent with illness

9 in 10 schools cut spending amid soaring costs

Two-thirds of schools have seen an increase in pupils arriving hungry according to research from last term

‘Unfunded’ pay offer will force staff cuts, leaders warn

Government tells heads to 'carefully plan' budgets to manage the 2023 teacher pay award within core funding, but school and MAT leaders warn further staff cuts will be needed