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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