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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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Free school meals should go to all pupils urgently, says EIS

All primary pupils in Scotland may soon be entitled to free school meals but Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to extend the policy amid the cost-of-living crisis

Sats 2022: STA sorry for ‘unacceptable’ delays and missing papers

Exclusive: Any key stage 2 Sats results that have not appeared on the Primary Assessment Gateway by today are 'lost', the Standards and 91¶¶Òõting Agency tells schools

‘Doing nothing’ on school funding ‘not an option’, Malthouse warned

School leaders' and teachers' organisations call on the new education secretary for urgent action and emergency funding

Oak National Academy: £8m budget for buying new lesson resources

Oak National Academy is set to receive £43m in government funding over the next three years as a new curriculum resources quango

Ban on running car engines outside schools has support

Leaving car engines idling outside school gates is particularly harmful to children, says charity, as a survey shows public support for a ban

Kit Malthouse named as Truss’ education secretary

The North West Hampshire MP joins Liz Truss' Cabinet, replacing James Cleverly at the helm of the Department for Education

Oak: DfE plans to spend £6.6m cash from contingency fund

Schools minister Will Quince announces government plans to access contingency funding to help launch new curriculum body

Why are only 68% of Scottish pupils taking free school meals?

Pupils in the first five years of primary in Scotland are now entitled to free school meals, but new figures show that many are not benefiting

Heads’ union asks members whether to ballot for strike

'We have never felt the need to ask this question before,' says ASCL general secretary

Sats 2022: Disadvantage gap at KS2 is widest in 10 years

The DfE today published new data from this year's key stage 2 Sats results – here are six things we learned

Expert group to set out the skills MAT bosses need

DfE names 10 members of new advisory group launched to improve multi-academy trust leadership

Exam appeals soar as SQA strike action looms

Scottish school support staff have called off their strike action this month – but strikes are still scheduled to go ahead at Scotland’s exam body, says union

Liz Truss: The schools ‘crisis’ the PM needs to tackle

What should be in the new administration's in-tray for education? 91¶¶Òõ speaks to school leaders, policy experts and teaching union bosses

More than half of teachers ‘have given clothes or food to pupils’

Teaching union survey also shows six in 10 teachers saw an increase in pupils coming to school hungry

DfE puts £66m into literacy and numeracy ‘accelerator’

Accelerator Fund cash revealed as DfE confirms a £137m grant for the Education Endowment Foundation

Teacher pay: ballot on ‘insulting’ offer could lead to strikes

Strike action could be on the cards depending on the result of the ballot by the EIS, Scotland's largest teaching union

National teaching institute unveils ‘school-led’ research director

Calum Davey is appointed to help 'build a bridge between evidence and education practice'

‘Nursery premium’ proposed to help primary school starters

The disadvantage-related attainment gap emerges before children even start school, so action is needed early in their lives, say Scottish Liberal Democrats

Nearly 1 in 5 councils in bid to form ‘local-authority MATs’

The DfE had invited councils to register interest in a 'test and learn' pilot to help develop LA-run MATs

Covid inquiry will look at school closure impact

The Covid Inquiry will look at the impact of school closures "at some point" during the process, a spokesperson has said today

Nick Gibb takes up academy role

The former schools minister today rejoined the board at David Ross Education Trust

DfE warned over ‘rushed’ Oak quango plans

Plan for Oak National Academy to become a national curriculum resources provider will mean 'Whitehall decides' what is learned in schools and will 'strip teachers of 'autonomy', the government has been warned

Fix attendance, mental health and regional gap as priority, de Souza warns DfE

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for the incoming education ministerial team's 'in-tray' as she launches report on families

Pupil premium demanded for armed forces children in Scotland

English schools receive a funding boost for every child from an armed forces family, and now there are calls for Scotland to follow suit