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Single-sex spaces guidance doesn’t meet legal tests, warns union

Official guidance on single-sex spaces comes into force for schools today, but unions say it does not offer schools enough support and that it has arrived too late

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Ofsted inspectors to use Word documents for recording evidence

The watchdog will temporarily use Microsoft Word documents to gather inspection evidence as electronic system continues to malfunction

Cognita boosts Spain presence to 10 schools

The international schools group – which now has over 100 schools across 21 countries – has acquired an all-through school in Madrid

Sats scores are still below pre-Covid levels - is this the reason why?

While overall Sats scores have been creeping upwards, a significant – and growing – minority of children are deemed unable to sit the tests. Cerys Turner uncovers the reasons behind a widening gap in KS2 assessment

SEND: Opening resource bases ‘risks making you a magnet school’

With the government wanting mainstream schools to open specialist provision, heads warn that this can lead to increased pressures from parents and other schools

DfE issues guidance on use of restraint in schools

School staff have a 'legal power' to use 'reasonable force' to prevent students from causing injury, damage or disorder, or committing a crime, the updated DfE guidance says

School insurance costs to rise by up to 3 times inflation

The DfE's risk protection arrangement will increase to £29 per pupil from April 2026, up more than 7 per cent on 2025

Gould: Teacher training is ‘huge issue’ in SEND reform talks

Minister is asked about how specialist places in mainstream schools will be staffed during latest public engagement event

Teachers leaving profession ‘sooner than expected’, warns GTCS

The Scottish watchdog identifies 5 key ways to make teaching more attractive, as new data shows staff are quitting over lack of support and jobs

Schools must teach healthy relationships to tackle violence against girls

Teachers will be given specialist training to talk to students about issues such as consent, as part of a new government strategy to address misogyny

‘Static’ SEND funding puts support at risk, heads warn

Government announces that the use of its national formula for allocating high-needs funding for councils will be paused ahead of its planned reforms to the SEND system

Warning of ‘cognitive decline’ if schools miss out on AI development

England's biggest education union voices fears following the announcement that a Google subsidiary is looking to adapt its chatbot for use in schools

IB issues November exam results to 23,000 students

International Baccalaureate highlights an almost 7 per cent increase in candidates sitting its November exams, including some resit students in the Northern Hemisphere

Pupils in crowded and damp homes miss more school, study finds

Poor-quality housing affects educational outcomes as well as health, UCL research shows

Impact of huge rise in ASN numbers highlighted by teachers

Teachers 'struggle to deal with the diverse demands placed upon them', warns EIS union as it points to the stress and workload associated with additional support needs

Empty churches could be used for pupils with SEND, says Reform

A working group on tackling the SEND crisis is launched by Reform UK, to be led by former DfE minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns

5 key challenges in teacher recruitment and retention

Teacher workload and leadership 'churn' are among the big issues for the school workforce, an MPs' committee hears from the NEU, ASCL and NFER

David Ross Education Trust announces new chief executive

Simon Rose had been interim chief executive of the 36-school trust since September and has held other senior roles across DRET

Reigate Grammar to open school in Turkey next year

Reigate Grammar School will be the first British private school brand to open in the country – and it has plans for three more schools in Turkey

Most teachers have a homeless child at their school

And three-quarters of teachers say that homelessness has led to pupils doing poorly in assessments, research shows

Chemistry curriculum fails to reflect digital reality, RSC warns

Students are completing time-consuming tasks by hand, whereas professional scientists use advanced tools such as AI and machine learning, says Royal Society of Chemistry

No extra funding for teacher pay, Treasury confirms

Treasury says the DfE must fund any teacher pay award from its existing budget, with no additional money being provided beyond spending review settlements

Exam board fined a record £2m for ‘serious breaches’

Ofqual says the size of Pearson's fine for three separate cases reflects the 'serious nature' of its failures, which affected 'tens of thousands' of students

Google seeks to develop chatbot for teachers

Google DeepMind aims to build a version of its Gemini chatbot that can be used by teachers and is trained on the national curriculum in England

Eton-backed free schools among projects spared in DfE review

Two maths schools have also been given the go-ahead but most of the 44 mainstream free-school schemes that were on hold look set to be scrapped