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Scottish teaching union calls for ‘pay justice’ priority in 2023
Teachers also advised to keep close eye on their pay packets after concerns raised about excessive deductions following strike action
Ofqual chair is knighted in New Year Honours
Ofqual chair Ian Bauckham and former school and college trust boss Sally Dicketts are among leading honours recipients
Union leaders call for automatic free school meals
ASCL general secretary Geoff Barton said it was 'deeply worrying' that so many pupils currently miss out
Ministers urged to ensure 230,000 pupils don’t miss out on free school meals
New analysis from the Liberal Democrats suggests 234,500 pupils entitled to FSM in England are not registered for them
Teachers injured or assaulted at work receive financial settlements
Biggest award made to victim of assault by pupil, who suffered a brain bleed and was absent from work for nine months
Union condemns ‘shameful’ delay in free meals for P6-7s
Full rollout of free school meals to all primary pupils now looks like it will happen, at best, two years after original target date
DfE catch-up spending probe under fire
Dozens of schools told just before Christmas they will face an NTP funding audit in the new year
Charities ‘should have bigger role in Scottish schools’
Report from Reform Scotland also recommends allowing individual donors more involvement in schools
Revealed: How schools have tried to save Christmas
Presents, airbeds and hampers – a 91¶¶Òõ survey reveals the extra efforts schools have been forced to make to stop pupils and staff falling through the costs-crisis net this Christmas
Legal challenge over sex education in Wales rejected
High Court judge rules against campaigners who challenged the teaching of relationships and sexuality education in primary schools
Over 10% of lessons missed as illness surged in December
New data shows absence was as high two weeks ago as it was at a similar point during high Covid rates last year
Keegan urges ‘top earner’ teachers not to strike
Education secretary says the extra funding announced last month has gone a 'long way to easing a lot of the pressures' on schools
Trainee educational psychologists call for funding overhaul
New educational psychologists in Scotland say their training is undermined by a 'meagre' bursary and that they are struggling to make ends meet
‘Whole subjects’ disappearing from rural schools
Scottish Parliament hears that some subjects, including languages, are vulnerable as local authorities face extreme budget pressures
Teacher stress ‘heightened’ by late exam decisions
Ofqual research into the experiences of teachers and students in 2021, when exams were cancelled, recommends a review of how exam boards communicate in 'periods of uncertainty'
Scottish heads demand ‘more imaginative’ assessment
School Leaders Scotland brands the current exam-focused assessment system as a 'colossal waste of learning time', in its submission to the qualifications review
‘Worsening’ risk of school buildings collapsing, says DfE
The safety risk posed by dilapidated school buildings is now being investigated by a cross-governmental group of top officials, DfE report reveals
Teaching union announces more Scottish strike dates
Scottish teaching unions will take combined strike action over pay on the same two days in January
Call for antisemitism lessons amid rise in pupil hate
All secondaries should be required to teach about contemporary antisemitism, urges government adviser Lord Mann
More teachers buying pupils clothes and food
More teachers are stepping in to help pupils with non-academic matters than five years ago, according to research for the new Commission on Teacher Retention
Revealed: 32.5-hour week target missing from Ofsted reports
School leaders' unions call for clarity on government plan for a minimum 32.5-hour week
Primary pupil illness matches Omicron peak
Absence last week matches highest rate during January Covid wave, with 7.1 per cent of primary pupils off school ill
DfE reveals special schools’ 3.4% minimum cash boost
Special schools still face 'huge pressure' despite funding increase next year, school leaders warn
Teachers feel ‘powerless’ over pupil safety
Government report on serious case reviews says relations between schools and children's social care in a 'stalemate'