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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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Scottish school support staff now ‘expect trouble’, union warns
First minister responds after GMB union highlights 'dramatic escalation in violence and threatening behaviour' in Scottish schools
Unity Schools Partnership appoints CEO to replace Coulson
Dominic Norrish, previously COO of United Learning, will take up the role following Tim Coulson's departure to become director general of the DfE’s regions group
DfE seeks teachers for policy ‘sounding board’
The government is looking for primary and secondary teachers to join the latest cohort of its Teacher Reference Group
Union’s legal challenge of new Ofsted inspections rejected
The NAHT's bid for a judicial review over the new Ofsted framework was heard just a week before inspections are due to start
New guidance on little-known DfE capital funding budget
The government has provided information about acquiring funding through its Strategic School Improvement Capital Budget
Early years recruitment not boosted by DfE payments
A government pilot scheme offering £1,000 payments to attract early years staff resulted in fewer applicants than expected, a review shows
Multi-year pay recommendation: all you need to know
The government has proposed that teachers get a 6.5 per cent pay award over the next three years. 91¶¶Òõ sets out all the key information about the DfE's provisional offer
DfE urged to probe ‘persistent disruptive behaviour’ exclusions
Some pupils are being wrongly excluded from school because this vague 'catch-all' category is creating inconsistency in the system, warn PRU and AP leaders
SEND: Home-to-school transport overspend hits £415m
NAO calls on government to tackle 'unsustainable' costs as almost half of local authorities report annual overspends of 20 per cent or more on getting pupils to school
Wealthiest households fuel demand for delayed school starts
The affluence of the area in which a school is located is linked to the number of summer-born children who start Reception a year later, research shows
School referrals to social services hit new high
Schools made nearly 45,000 more social services referrals last year compared with a decade ago, DfE data shows
DfE: Teachers should get 6.5% pay rise over three years
The government has told the School Teachers’ Review Body how much teachers should receive up to 2029
Students reluctant to use AI for fear of cheating accusations
Only 55 per cent of young people feel their school is clear about appropriate use of AI, finds Scottish Qualifications Authority report
SSTA finds ‘alarming’ numbers of non-specialists taking classes
'Deepening crisis' of staff shortages also sees primary teachers frequently taking on roles in secondary schools, reveals survey by Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Menstruation should be in PE curriculum, say experts
Sport is an 'amazing place' to educate girls about their bodies but PE teachers may never have been taught anything about menstrual cycles, MPs are told
Restraint guidance for schools ‘took too long’, admits Gilruth
There is 'probably' an underreporting of incidents where seclusion or restraint is used in Scottish schools, says education secretary
MPs urge Labour to reverse IB funding cut
Minister defends the government's decision to withdraw funding for state schools to deliver the International Baccalaureate, saying that only '0.2 per cent of students' are taking it
Politics focus leads to ‘significant’ confidence boost for girls
University of Roehampton's pilot classroom programme aims to improve political knowledge and self-belief among working-class girls
Teachers seek 13% more pay to work in the most disadvantaged schools
Increasing salaries is the most effective way to improve teacher recruitment, according to EEF research looking at what schools can offer to attract staff
Nearly half a million pupils entitled to free school transport
Almost one in 10 children with SEND who receive funded home-to-school transport travel alone by taxi, new DfE data shows
Phillipson commits to remove RAAC from schools by 2029
Government announces new timeline for removing collapse-prone concrete from schools as MPs scrutinise its progress
Minister rejects call to allow term-time holidays
Schools minister Georgia Gould says the government will not allow pupils to miss 10 days of school without good reason
Sendcos back statutory mainstream support plan
Teacher Tapp data shows a higher level of support among Sendcos than other teachers for plans to create a new layer of learning support in mainstream schools
DfE misses key teacher pay review deadline
Teacher pay review process 'undermined' by the government's late submission of evidence, warn unions