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Primaries can work together on curriculum, says Ofsted

Inspectorate says it does not expect subject leads in primary schools to be experts across multiple areas

What is the future for Northern Ireland’s small schools?

There are too many small schools in the country, according to a government five-year plan for the primary and post-primary sectors

Levelling up: New UK-wide online academy planned

The government wants to set up a new online academy offering lessons across the UK as part of its efforts to level up education, 91¶¶Òõ understands

GCSEs should not be fixed at age 16, says report

A review by the Independent Assessment Commission (IAC) found the GCSE system 'should be overhauled'

Warning over heads’ ‘spiralling mental health crisis’

School leaders will tell MPs they have been 'scapegoated' for government failures during the Covid pandemic

DfE aims to extend its teaching ban powers

New plans would allow the Teaching Regulation Agency to ban former teachers and those out of work

Heads ‘treated abysmally’ during Covid crisis

EXCLUSIVE: Support service finds leaders feel bullied, let down and isolated as they steered schools through the pandemic

SQA exams 2022: Scottish students to receive more support

Grading will be ‘more generous’ and, in some subjects, students will be told what to expect in exams

Scotland ‘close’ to removing masks in class

Rules on face coverings in secondary school classrooms – introduced in November 2020 – could soon be lifted

91¶¶Òõ’ 10 questions with... Bridget Phillipson

The shadow education secretary talks about 'aspirational' teachers, her inspirational grandad and the challenges for schools during the pandemic

‘Levelling up’: More schools to be moved into MATs

Ministers also promise to 'eradicate illiteracy and innumeracy by 2030' – but heads call the plan 'insulting' and 'infuriating'

Scottish teacher pay offer roundly rejected

Long-running negotiations over teacher pay still look some distance from being resolved

Judge school groups on inclusion, says EPI

Only measuring school groups, such as academy trusts, on attainment can lead to exclusions and off-rolling, a new report warns

GCSEs 2022: No exams plan B ‘switch off’, says Ofqual chief

Ofqual chief Jo Saxton has set out what schools can expect from the regulator on exams this year – here's everything you need to know

Physics teacher shortage needs ‘urgent’ action, DfE told

The Institute of Physics deputy chief executive said attracting engineering graduates into teaching is key in addressing the recruitment crisis in the subject

Covid: Cases rise in primary and secondary pupils

Latest government data shows Covid rates only rose among school pupils last week

Schools told to keep masks as Covid cases surge

Public health directors in areas across the country want schools to retain masks because of high local Covid rates

DfE to be quizzed over ‘piecemeal’ careers education

MPs will investigate the DfE's approach to careers education – which has been labelled 'piecemeal' by heads

Covid: Church delays ‘unfair’ school inspections amid staff absences

SIAMS director warns it would be 'unfair and unwise' to resume school inspections amid ongoing disruption

GCSEs 2021: Huge rise in appeals over teacher grades

Appeals over last year's teacher assessed grades were over four times higher than 2020, as students were allowed to question 'unreasonable academic judgement', says Ofqual

New geography teachers lack fieldwork ‘confidence’

Covid-19 pandemic means early career geography teachers have missed vital training, report warns

Pay for CEOs of largest MATs rises £10k on average

Salary increases, surpluses and five other findings from a new major report on academies

Teachers at 23 private schools vote to strike over pensions

Action by teachers at the Girls' Day School Trust would be the first in its 149-year history

Schools risk teaching about ‘world that won’t exist’

Most teachers say that climate change is not 'meaningfully' embedded in the curriculum, as a student-led bill on climate change gets second reading in Commons