91¶¶Òõ

Monday marked the beginning of the second phase of the return to school in Scotland – we look at the attendance figures

International school teachers feel angry, overwhelmed and stressed due to extra demands of pandemic, poll shows

Government criticised over decision to let GCSE and A-level students see external tasks before they sit them

Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman says extending the school day will be time wasted if pupils switch off

Exams thrown open to 'all', no marks for coursework and five other suggestions in Ofqual's consultation out today

Amanda Spielman tells ASCL conference talks with government are still ongoing about what Ofsted will be doing next term

Headteachers warn that government's National Tutoring Programme is 'the most complicated system imaginable'

Billion-pound recovery fund pledged in June last year was not all new Treasury money, report finds

Last March, with Covid closures looming, average DfE helpline waiting time was 35 minutes and half of callers gave up

Some 66 per cent of pupils allocated tutoring places had still not started sessions last month, says watchdog

MSPs had questioned why draft version of review of Scottish curriculum could not be shared before May elections

Alex George follows children's commissioner to become second DfE-appointed tsar today to call for an end to exclusions

News that 32,549 of 1.3m devices pledged are still undelivered comes on day that DfE's laptops contractor announces £206m profit

Headteachers welcome 'high' attendance revealed in new DfE figures for week all pupils were due back, but warn of 'bumpy' road ahead

Shadow schools minister also warns that headteachers are being forced to ‘raid’ school budgets to cover Covid safety costs

New children's commissioner calls on schools to assist with 'once-in-a-generation' review into Covid impact on education

New children’s tsar says she was scared by Ofsted as a headteacher and that there needs to be ‘a different way of thinking’ about the inspectorate

Former boss of academy trust probed over off-rolling concerns wants to work with teaching profession to end the practice

Schools to get financial support to deal with A-level and GCSE entries from private candidates this summer

A link between pupils returning to schools and 'a bit of an uptick in cases' cannot be ruled out, says first minister

Next year's exam students need 'level playing field' after missing one in eight face-to-face teaching days, says Labour

New Scottish Labour leader outlines his party's education priorities during his first major speech in the role

From this week all pupils are due back in Scottish schools – ministers have given us a huge headache, says one school leader

ASCL leader Geoff Barton will also call for reforms to accountability and assessment in today's speech to union's national conference