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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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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