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‘Not enough black headteachers’ says Zahawi

Head calls on education secretary to 'remove barriers' to increasing diversity in school leadership

Covid: ‘Ridiculous’ to hold Sats in 2022, say heads

School leaders warn that running Sats tests next year would be 'pointless' amid the pandemic disruption

SEND review is a ‘high priority’, Zahawi tells heads

Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi tells NAHT conference he recognises the 'urgency' of making 'system improvements'

Act now to control Covid ‘surge’ in schools, DfE told

Unions jointly call on the government to introduce Covid safety measures in schools amid rising case numbers

Move to scrap teacher hours cap an ‘insult’, warn heads

NAHT conference backs emergency motion opposing reported plan to remove the cap on teachers' directed hours

Zahawi: I’ll put wellbeing at heart of schools policy

Education secretary also vows to tackle pupils' persistent absenteeism head-on, in speech to school leaders' conference

Number of secondary students with Covid hits 1 in 15

The increase in Covid infections among students in Years 7 to 11 linked to schools' return, says ONS

How our five-year-olds turned into news presenters

When a class of Primary 1s created their own newsroom, they were showing the power of play, explains Ashleigh Robertson

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Pit your wits against 91¶¶Òõ’ weekly general knowledge quiz

Listen to us to avoid more U-turns, heads tell Zahawi

NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman calls on government to match its rhetoric on 'levelling up' with action

Private school fees vs state funding gap doubles

Widened divide revealed by new Institute for Fiscal Studies report 'sticks in the throat', say heads' leaders

Exclusive: Zahawi warned over NHS school Covid tracing

Heads ask education secretary to 'ensure' Covid contact tracing system is operating in schools afer surge in cases

Zahawi: Masks in class could return to curb Covid

Education secretary does not rule out a return of mask-wearing in school classrooms amid rise in Covid-related ​absence

Nobel winner: I owe my success to Scottish schools

Scientist behind groundbreaking work in producing medicines faster says he was 'incredibly lucky' to attend school in Scotland

Ministers must ‘catch up’ with recovery effort - heads

Heads 'made sacrifices' while 'lamentable' government lacked direction, union boss to say

Somerville under fire over literacy and numeracy data

Data being used for ‘crude' primary league tables that 'demoralise' schools – but education secretary says sampling is not enough

‘Limitations’ to Scottish Parliament education control

Concerns raised that legal ruling reveals 'arbitrary' nature of whether Scottish or UK parliament prevails in education matters

Touch typing ‘should be taught to all pupils’

Education secretary told by fellow MSP that touch typing is one of the most useful skills pupils can learn

Johnson: £3K payments for maths and science teachers

Prime minister says new £3,000 'premium' will send the 'best maths and science teachers' to disadvantaged schools

Zahawi wants Ofsted to help raise school attendance

Education secretary asks DfE to do a 'deep dive into absenteeism' as new figures show more than one in 10 pupils was off last week

Nursery schools need extra £96m to survive, DfE is told

Heads and teachers' leaders in joint call for government to provide long-term solution for maintained nursery schools

IB criticised over UK gender pay gap

International Baccalaureate says it will work to fix a gender gap in pay and bonuses

Revealed: The advisers shaping DfE plans for schools

Who are the new advisers working with education ministers on policies affecting teaching?

Removing cap on teacher hours ‘would hit recruitment’

Education research chief cautions against adding to teachers' 'unmanageable workload' by lifting limit on working hours