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Target teacher pay to stop post-Covid exodus, DfE told
Government pay policies and a recovering economy could lead to more teachers quitting, warns report
Heads’ growing ‘fears’ over recycled Covid cash
Nearly a third of education fund has been sourced from underspends or existing budgets, IFS finds
Lockdown lack of play harmed young pupils, parents say
Charity calls on government to put development and wellbeing of pre-school children at heart of education recovery plan
New junior education ministers announced
Shirley-Anne Somerville was appointed as Scotland's education and skills secretary earlier today
Scaling up ‘a challenge’, admits national tutor scheme
Schools can use wider catch-up funding to employ their own tutors, says NTP leader
Ofqual: More exam tech change on the way
Watchdog says exam boards embracing 'greater use of technology', as catch-up tsar calls online assessment 'the future'
DfE’s ‘levelling up’ plan: all teachers need to know
How the government plans to grow multi-academy trusts and expand reach of the Opportunity Areas programme
Extended school day could bring teachers flexi working
Flexible working is one of 'big parts' of the profession that need to be modernised, Outwood Grange chief executive tells MPs
GCSEs 2022: Ofqual to consult on making exams ‘fair’
Watchdog will seek views on making the 2022 GCSE and A-level exams fair following learning loss owing to the pandemic
Shirley-Anne Somerville is new education secretary
John Swinney’s successor will have no time to draw breath amid concerns over SQA assessment
Teacher trainers not ‘ambitious’ enough, Ofsted finds
Too many teacher training providers are 'overly reliant' on school placements, watchdog says
Chinese whispers: what next for Asia’s edu-epicentre?
Travel restrictions have stopped teachers moving to China in the pandemic – but job opportunities are opening up again
Ofsted: NQTs need extra help after Covid disruption
Trainee teachers have had less opportunity to learn through school placements because of the pandemic, watchdog warns
Revealed: ‘Alarming’ pupil sex misconduct in primaries
EXCLUSIVE: Survey reveals 'huge amounts of sexualised language' and girls feeling 'judged', as 1/3 primary staff report pupil misconduct
Half of teachers need more help on pupil sexual conduct
EXCLUSIVE: Not enough official guidance on allegations of sexual harassment, say 49 per cent of teachers in a 91¶¶Òõ survey
Exclusive: Rape and revenge porn in secondary schools
91¶¶Òõ survey reveals 'concerning' levels of sexual harassment and misconduct among students in secondary schools
PM’s £10m ‘stronger schools’ plan questioned by heads
No 10 says cash for four areas with lower-than-average numbers of pupils in 'good' or 'outstanding' schools is to improve teaching quality
Catch-up tsar: Extended school day should be compulsory
'The more voluntary things are, the less likely they're going to get to the hard-to-reach bits of your community,' says Sir Kevan Collins
John Swinney moved out of education role
New education secretary yet to be announced as Swinney takes on Covid recovery post
Need to know: relaxation of Scottish Covid rules
In-person transition visits are permitted from June for future P1 and S1 pupils
Sturgeon makes education promises after election as FM
First minister made no mention of mounting concerns over SQA assessment in her priorities for the first 100 days
GCSEs: Struggling students could get four years to pass
Education recovery commissioner Sir Kevan Collins says some students could be given four years to pass maths and English
‘Teachers and students boxed in by assessment rules’
The alternative assessment system brought in to replace exams is putting huge pressure on everyone, says this head
Schools ‘need plan’ to cope with new Covid variants
Headteachers say the potential for education disruption from emerging Covid-19 virus threats is 'obvious' and needs tackling