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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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Ditch Russian energy firm from school supplier list, say heads

Exclusive: The government has come under pressure to remove Gazprom from the Crown Commercial Service’s School Switch service

Walker: Sats needed to assess Covid impact

Schools minister says national assessments will help show the impact of the pandemic to identify where support is needed

Schoolboy is youngest ever petitioner to Scottish Parliament

7-year-old Callum Isted wants to replace the disposable bottles of water given to primary school pupils with their lunches with reusable bottles

Ofsted delays early career provider inspections

Inspections of ECF and NPQ providers have been put back by 12 months

Big fall in applications to teaching courses

Applications to initial teacher education have dropped below pre-Covid levels, new Scottish figures show – but universities say demand is 'still high'

Research questions ‘extensive’ focus on grammar

Grammar teaching approach does not improve Year 2 pupils' writing, finds study

Teacher strike continues after pension deal rejected

Teachers at 23 private schools are resuming strike action over the Girls' Day School Trust's planned pension scheme changes

NEU withdraws ‘terrible’ Ukraine statement

The teaching union has said the statement has been withdrawn ‘pending further discussion’

Heads ‘least likely’ to know about trans students

Exclusive: Call for headteachers to be more 'aware' of transgender students coming out – so that these young people are better supported in school

Survey reveals huge variation in school meal uptake

Academic calls on secondary schools to listen to pupil feedback to ensure free meals provision is effective

Primary pupils with long Covid more likely to have poor mental health

New data findings have fuelled calls for 'urgent' mental health resources for schools

‘4 in 10’ primary teachers buy books for their class

Teachers are 'resorting to resourcing their classrooms themselves', warns charity

Girls ‘hiding their mental health issues’ from teachers

Exclusive: The impact of the pandemic on students' mental health has been revealed by a major new study

Covid: Schools can turn away pupils with symptoms

New DfE guidance for parents says schools can refuse to accept students with Covid symptoms

Need to know: School leavers’ destinations in 2021

The attainment gap narrowed but only half of school leavers from the most deprived areas got at least one Higher or equivalent, Scottish government figures show

Teacher ‘burnout’ warning over pandemic overtime rise

Almost a third of teachers worked unpaid overtime last year, according to analysis by the TUC

Teachers most likely to quit over poor management

Exclusive: Heads' and teachers' leaders warn top-down pressure on school leaders is putting education recovery at risk

91¶¶Òõ’ 10 questions with... Lynn McNair

The early years leader and researcher shares insight from a 40-year career

Ofsted rejects almost 1 in 5 Covid inspection deferral requests

Nearly a quarter of all school inspections were deferred in the first half of this term, according to new Ofsted statistics

‘Shocking disparities’ in support for deaf pupils

Concerns over the closures of specialist units allowing deaf pupils to be taught in mainstream schools

Two-thirds of students sexually harassed, study finds

Research reveals students' confusion over whether sexual comments or touching or grabbing someone are acceptable

D&T decline ‘stops poorer children being engineers’

The drop in the numbers studying design and technology is limiting poorer children's access to engineering careers, study suggests

Lessons from case of Scottish Borders teacher’s assaults

A teacher of pupils with complex needs was convicted of assaulting five children last year, but concerns were raised by colleagues in 2017

Covid absence down but heads fear new wave could hit schools

New data suggests schools are now past the worst of Omicron peak after an absence-hit term