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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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School staff development spending falls by over a third

Exclusive: Spending on training has been 'squeezed' by other financial pressures on schools, analysis by data service SchoolDash shows

Political chaos will lead to teacher strikes, warn school leaders

Government warned over impact on schools after political chaos led to the collapse of the Truss government after two months

‘Early career framework has no impact on retention’

Survey reveals 4 in 5 new teachers and mentors in schools said support and training are 'not well-designed'

Gene research reveals DNA variants linked to dyslexia

The researchers say their findings shed light on the biology behind why some children struggle to read or spell

Covid: Over 1 in 4 pupils persistently absent in spring term

Over the autumn and spring terms combined, the proportion of pupils missing 10 per cent or more of their possible sessions was more than one in five

GCSE disadvantage gap widest in 10 years

The proportion of students missing the languages component of the EBacc also rose

Not extending free school meals undermines staff, DfE warned

Free school meals must be extended to all on universal credit to avoid jeopardising schools' efforts to tackle the disadvantage gap, sector leaders tell the government

Exclusive: Rise in teachers ‘at risk of suicide’

Plea to the education secretary for action to address the 'persistent state of stress and burnout' among teachers

Ministers warned over ‘concerning’ 15% cut to deprived schools

Respected funding thinktank tells government it must raise funding to deprived schools outside London to meet levelling up agenda

New education agency could become ‘Frankenstein organisation’

Prominent academic voices further concerns about the way education reform in Scotland is being taken forward

Prioritise safeguarding checks over inspections, Ofsted urged

Exclusive: Former senior inspectors call for major overhaul of Ofsted regime for schools

Scottish school named one of the world’s best

Dunoon Grammar has won the inaugural World’s Best School Prize for community collaboration and now will share in the $250,000 prize money

Scottish secondary teachers to vote on strike action

Closing schools through strikes is 'the only way that Cosla and the Scottish government will be forced to negotiate' over teacher pay, warns SSTA president

NEU could hold strike action by end of January 2023

The teaching union announces strike ballot dates for teachers and support staff in pay dispute

GCSEs: How Progress 8 has impacted lower-attaining pupils

New research looks at whether the Progress 8 performance measure 'encouraged schools to work more equitably'

Welsh school leaders to be balloted on strike action

NAHT Cymru is proceeding with a formal strike ballot after an informal vote suggested that 64 per cent of respondents would be willing to strike over pay and funding

School leaders’ union to launch formal ballot on striking over pay

NAHT members will be asked if they support strike action and action short of a strike over pay and funding

Industrial action over teacher pay underway in Northern Ireland

The industrial action will be intensified unless the 'devastating impact' of pay erosion is addressed, warn unions

NTP: School leaders ‘overwhelmed’ and 4 other findings

Fewer than half of pupils who received tutoring were eligible for pupil premium, finds National Foundation for Educational Research report

Most parents ‘would back’ teacher industrial action

Research shows public support for teachers taking industrial action over pay, as the NASUWT union prepares to ballot its members

Incorrect Sats marks rise by a fifth

Exclusive: Increase is 'further evidence of a Sats system beset with problems this year', says union leader

‘No good news for schools’ - leaders react to chancellor’s U-turn

Many school leaders will be worried about what the chancellor's statement 'could mean' for education, warns union leader

Government group looking to ‘modify’ teaching entry requirements

‘More flexibility’ in the entry requirements for teaching courses is being considered so the Scottish government can meet its commitments to increase teacher numbers and cut class contact time

Teaching unions move closer to strike action as ballots announced

Major announcements on potential strike action have been made by both the NEU and NASUWT teacher unions