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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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Fear of new teacher ‘supply deserts’ in ITT shake-up

After only just over a third of participating teacher training providers gained accreditation in the first round, heads and experts warn about teacher supply problems as sector awaits second round outcomes

Schools Bill: ‘Clarity’ needed on academy powers after U-turn, say leaders

Academy leaders call for clarity and precision on legislation creating new DfE powers over academies after yesterday's u-turn

PM not opposed to new grammar schools ‘in principle’

Boris Johnson has talked about the support for setting up new grammar schools among MPs in the 'Red Wall' constituencies

Free video tutorials aim to ‘unpack big ideas’ for pupils

A Scottish school has produced 200 four-minute films to help students understand core concepts at Higher

Zahawi: ‘Overwhelming’ council response to academies plan

Education secretary says council leaders are in talks with independent schools about launching multi-academy trusts

DfE strikes cash deal with Oak lesson resource partners

Exclusive: Decision follows months of speculation over copyright payments for content provided for the national online academy as it becomes a government quango

Plan to academise ‘coasting’ schools goes ahead despite Ofsted fears

New powers will allow the DfE to place an academy order on a school that has had two Ofsted ratings less than 'good'

Schools Bill: DfE scraps academy power measures after backlash

The move to water down planned measures to regulate academy trusts follows heavy criticism of the Bill in the House of Lords

EYFS: Disadvantaged pupil levels hits new record in 2022

Numbers of 3- to 4-year-olds on pupil premium jumped by 8 per cent to 116,500 this year compared with 2021

Welsh teachers open to shorter summer holidays, research finds

School staff were as likely to back a four-week summer break and five terms as they were to support the status quo

Covid: Year 2 literacy worst hit by pandemic

Progress in grammar, punctuation and spelling is behind pre-pandemic levels for all year groups, but worse for Year 2 pupils, Nuffield research shows

Supply teachers limit travel to schools as fuel costs soar

Exclusive: Rural schools face extra struggle to find cover as cost pressures deter supply teachers from travelling long distances

DfE launches review into how MATs will be held to account

Review to set out new standards for multi-academy trusts as well as threshold for government to intervene

Secondary teacher trainees nearly a fifth below pre-Covid level

Latest figures show a deteriorating picture in the number of people being placed on teacher-training courses

Call for nursery school funding shake-up amid closure fears

More than a fifth of maintained nurseries face closure within three years owing to stretched budgets, survey suggests

Order schools to track racist bullying data, DfE told

Steps need to be taken to prevent discrimination and encourage 'inclusive education' and 'belonging' in schools, say researchers

91¶¶Òõ’ 10 questions with...Chris Smith

The award-winning maths teacher talks about why his subject is 'beautiful'

No regular music lessons in over third of secondaries

New data from Teacher Tapp comes after Ofsted said KS3 students should receive 'regular, unbroken' music teaching

MPs told schools should receive a ‘yearly safeguarding audit’

Experts warn there is no 'clear guidance for schools about how to manage' incidents of misogyny and abuse

Government to miss target for setting up Gaelic schools

The goal was to establish 10 standalone Gaelic schools by next year but Bòrd na Gàidhlig says that target will be missed

Plan for supply teachers to cover strikes ‘doesn’t add up’, Zahawi told

A supply teachers' leader has written to the education secretary, dismissing the idea that supply teachers would cover teachers on strike

National music plan ‘impossible’ to achieve, DfE warned

Primary school leaders say the government music education plan requires more cash, while experts question DfE costings

Covid: ‘Significantly’ fewer primary pupils to be vaccinated

Figures show rise in primary school parents 'unlikely' to have their child vaccinated against Covid, as UK enters fifth wave

ITT: University of Cambridge submits application

But the university said it could withdraw its teacher training application at a later stage if its concerns are not fully addressed