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DfE study of 9,000 five- and six-year-olds reveals findings on behaviour, predicted outcomes and parent engagement

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13 ways to transform Scottish education

On the final day of a consultation on Scottish education, the first submission to emerge includes a wide-ranging wish list

GCSEs: Pupil cash rewards ‘could halve attainment gap’

Paying students could boost GCSE scores for those with lower predicted grades, research finds

Schools told to run on-site Covid tests in January

Government asks secondary schools to run testing at the beginning of 2022 to curb the spread of Covid after Christmas

Sort out school ventilation ‘failure’, Somerville told

'Wholesale review' of ventilation guidance needed to address 'deficiencies', says union in letter to education secretary

6 education ‘traditions’ whose time may be up

Some traditions unite but others are divisive, so educators must decide what habits to leave in the past, says teacher Nuzhat Uthmani

Schools to get ‘advisers’ to tackle persistent absence

School leaders say tackling persistent absence has been made harder due to budget cuts and it won't be solved by 'one-off visits'

Stage ‘important’ live nativity shows, schools told

Schools minister urges schools to go ahead with festive shows as those in Covid hotspots cancel in-person festive plans

Majority of teachers struggle to find time for NPQs

DfE National Professional Qualifications study found teachers who took part would likely have achieved higher salaries anyway

Most teachers ‘wouldn’t earn more in different job’

But paying teachers 10 per cent more could improve student grades and wellbeing, research finds

GCSEs 2021: Drop in resits following teacher grades

New Ofqual figures reveal a fall in entries for the GCSE autumn retake series this year

GCSEs: Heads and exam boards reject ‘risky’ MFL reforms

DfE told to 'rethink' 'fundamentally flawed' government proposals to reform modern language GCSEs

Why heads should not face pressure over Christmas shows

Asking school leaders to demand vaccine passports for entry to Christmas shows would put them in 'invidious position', MSPs hear

Teacher work stress worsened during 2021 due to Covid

There has been a rise in the number of teachers, school leaders and support staff having symptoms like panic attacks and tearfulness

Watchdog calls for probe into academy trust surpluses

More than 1 in 5 academy trusts had reserves equivalent to 20 per cent or more of annual income in 2019-20, says report

Warning over risk to school teacher training provision

Call for the teacher training provider reaccreditation timetable to be 'pushed back'

TikTok videos a ‘kick in the teeth’ for teachers

Councils should publicly condemn the use of TikTok to target school staff, says Scottish headteachers' organisation

Ofsted rejects third of school Covid deferral requests

EXCLUSIVE: One in three requests from school leaders to defer inspections due to the pandemic has been turned down by Ofsted this term

Attainment is ‘wrong focus’ for schools after Covid

Schools’ hard work building relationships in lockdown is being squandered in misguided bid to ‘get children back to normal’, hear MSPs

Homeschooling on rise amid school Covid safety fears

Calls are being made for more safeguarding measures due to rising the number of children being home educated

We will achieve nothing by demonising children

Children's distress must be the focus more than their violent behaviour – and this will also help keep school staff safe, says David Cameron

Universities told to tutor disadvantaged school pupils

But heads say plan's wording over universities raising 'standards' is 'insulting'

School pension row ‘could trigger more teacher strikes’

Exclusive: If employer contribution were to rise again, it would be 'untenable' for independent schools, warns leader

Ofsted alarm at teacher trainers ‘selling’ one pedagogy

Promoting one view of teaching above all others risks 'misinforming trainees', Ofsted tells ITE providers

Scotland’s attainment gap programme faces overhaul

Leaked document includes plan to scrap ‘challenge schools’ scheme from next year and do away with 'challenge authorities'