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Most teachers to pay less into their pension under new plans

DfE launches consultation on cutting employee contribution rates for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme across most salary bands

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Students to get GCSE results via app under DfE trial

GCSE students in two regions will access their results digitally this summer as part of a new 'education record' that is being piloted

Maths funding to target girls at disadvantaged schools

Government says £8.2m will help more than 7,000 pupils to study maths at A level and get into AI-related jobs

Heads vote to open way for academies to rejoin LAs

NAHT national executive talks up a mandate to 'lobby government for a system that suits the needs of schools'

NAHT to take Ofsted to court over school report cards

School leaders' union issues a claim for a judicial review against Ofsted in response to its proposed changes to the inspection system

Call for consistent approach to security in Scottish schools

School security 'varies considerably' across the country for a variety of reasons, the NASUWT teaching union will say today

International schools group expands portfolio in Latin America

Nord Anglia makes first venture into Uruguay in latest example of consolidation in the international schools sector

‘Distributed leadership’ is good for schools - and democracy

Even in education, ‘attitudes that validate authoritarian leaders are a threat to the democratic ideal’, says new report looking at school leadership in Latin America

Teachers urged to take on economics alongside core subjects

Bank of England launches training scheme as FFT analysis shows extreme differences in take-up of economics across the country

Most school leaders ‘struggling’ to support pupils with SEND

Headteachers say pupils with SEND who should be taught in specialist provision have to remain in mainstream schools because of a lack of places

Revealed: The SQA’s grades for teachers who mark exams

The proportion of exam markers graded A for their marking of some of the most popular Higher subjects ranged from 97 per cent to just 38 per cent last year, 91¶¶Òõ analysis shows

RISE teams: Trust leaders voice transparency concerns

Academy trust leaders tell 91¶¶Òõ that it's not clear how support for struggling schools will be procured under the government scheme

Heads demand clarity on the legal right to seclude pupils

School leaders voice fears over changes to government guidance on the use of restraint, warning that they could lead to the unfair treatment of pupils with SEND

Heads forced to ‘lobby’ for specialist provision in early years

Despite young pupils' increasingly complex needs, leaders fear there is too little focus on getting them the right support

Far right fuelling violence in Scottish schools, warns union

Racist, misogynistic and anti-immigrant rhetoric in schools is being fuelled by social media, new NASUWT Scotland president will say today

NAHT leader urges Oliver to scrap inspection plans

Union's general secretary calls for an Ofsted system that 'doesn’t pile additional pressure onto an already stretched profession'

‘Devastating’ cuts threaten inclusion, warns new NAHT president

Incoming president of school leaders' union says there will be 'absolute uproar' if Ofsted does not substantially change its proposals for inspection reform

1 in 8 secondary teachers reports student sexual assault

Every secondary school should have a dedicated lead for preventing violence against women and girls, says the Youth Endowment Fund

Legal action over equality in teacher misconduct cases

Unions seek a judicial review over fears that Black and minority ethnic teachers could be overrepresented in referrals to the Teaching Regulation Agency

DfE appoints advisers to tackle breakfast club ‘challenges’

Contracts for advisers to help schools deliver the government's flagship policy are worth up to £44,000

Senior leaders aspiring to headship falls to record low

Almost half of heads say they need mental health support, and a third are already receiving support, finds survey

Labour’s 6,500 new teachers pledge ‘could still leave shortages’

Public spending watchdog calls on the government to publish a delivery plan for fulfilling its pledge to recruit thousands more teachers

ASN ‘crisis’ leaving school staff ‘overwhelmed’, warns SSTA

'More and more' pupils with additional support needs are being placed in mainstream classes despite cuts to specialist staff, says president of Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association

Teacher training recruitment target cut by 19%

Falling pupil rolls and better teacher retention forecasts have led to a reduction in the number of recruits needed, DfE says

Disadvantaged schools have ‘substantial’ staff experience gap

Secondary schools in deprived areas also see notably higher teacher turnover, says Education Policy Institute research