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Jewish pupils face ‘regular and hostile abuse’

Former Ofsted chief highlights the ‘extraordinary’ security measures required in Jewish faith schools as he reveals the interim findings from his review into antisemitism in education settings

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ITT market shake up: ‘16% of trainee places could be at risk’

Experts warn DfE that removing training providers 'risks exacerbating existing teacher shortages that already plague schools'

Somerville defends move to reject key recommendation on SQA

Accreditation of qualifications would not be independent enough of government if advice of Muir report is followed, insists education secretary

Schools Bill: DfE wants to salvage safeguarding plans

Ministers still want to tighten rules on illegal schools, private school regulation and teacher misconduct

Teaching unions ‘digging in for long haul’ over pay dispute

The boss of striking union, the SSTA, says more teacher walk-outs will be announced on Friday

Keegan’s first education committee: 9 things we learned

The education secretary faced questions from committee MPs for the first time today. Here's everything you need to know

Schools Bill ‘will not progress’, says Keegan

Education secretary Gillian Keegan says the controversial Schools Bill will not progress in this parliamentary session

Revealed: The staffing challenges at disadvantaged schools

Schools with more pupils on free school meals have more teachers leaving, more vacancies and spend more on supply staff, research shows

Lack of training causing ‘patchy’ RSE, schools warned

Teachers avoid 'tricky questions' in relationship and sex education lessons due to 'lack of confidence', report finds

Scottish teachers set for two days of strikes over pay

Members of the SSTA and NASUWT unions will follow the EIS by striking in pursuit a better pay offer

Students in most affluent areas likelier to appeal exam grades

SQA analysis also finds that independent schools had higher appeal rate in 2022 than state schools – and their appeals were also more likely to be successful

MSPs to debate ‘the state of the Scottish education system’

Teachers are being 'neglected and let down' and the education system is suffering from 'badly-drawn reform' and 'a failure to innovate', Tories will say

Cut energy use through staff ‘spot checks’, leaders told

The government has launched new energy efficiency guidance for schools – here are the 6 key recommendations

Strep A: Pupils at schools with outbreaks could get antibiotics

Schools minister Nick Gibb says preventative antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by Strep A infections

Schools to get £500m for energy upgrades

The government has set out more detail on how the extra £2bn from last month's Autumn Statement will be allocated

Teaching lacks flexibility of other jobs, warns minister

Baroness Barran highlights the lack of flexibility in teaching compared with other graduate jobs, when asked why the government is missing teacher recruitment targets

Council funding gap equivalent to 17,500 teachers

Schools in Scotland face funding challenges with councils warning they have a £1 billion budget shortfall and are ‘at a crisis point like never before’

Heads and teachers urged to vote on strikes after ITT slump

School leader and teacher unions issue joint call for votes on industrial action ballots following yesterday's 'disastrous' teacher trainee recruitment figures

School sixth forms face closure without funding boost

Exclusive: Trust leader says cuts to sixth forms could be 'catastrophic' for students if local A-level provision disappears

Revealed: The ‘catastrophic’ drop in teacher trainee numbers

DfE data shows that the government missed three-quarters of subject and phase targets for initial teacher training recruitment

Most heads see a rise in pupils who can’t afford lunch

It is 'a scandal' that growing numbers of school pupils are going without basics such as food and warm clothing, warns Sutton Trust founder

DfE forced to delay catch-up clawback deadline

Exclusive: The government has given some schools longer to challenge its recovery of tutoring cash after heads left in the dark

GCSEs 2023: What schools must do if exams are cancelled

Ofqual doesn't expect schools to determine teacher-assessed grades this year but has set out what's needed in case formal exams can't go ahead in summer

Nicola Sturgeon: Teachers have had a ‘fair’ pay offer

First minister grilled over teacher pay dispute, which led last week to first national strike action since the mid 1980s

DfE fails to hit primary teacher trainee target

Call for 'radical action' on pay and workload as the latest 'catastrophic' teacher trainee data reveals that over three-quarters of subjects missed ITT recruitment target