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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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Revealed: What the biggest MATs paid their CEOs
91¶¶Òõ reveals the salaries of the chief executives of trusts with 25 schools or more after analysis of their latest accounts
‘Urgent’ call for consistency on MAT leaders’ pay
91¶¶Òõ analysis of CEO salaries at 'outlier' trusts shows the need for national pay framework, say leaders
MPs: DfE bill should ensure ‘auto-enrolment’ for free school meals
The Commons Education Select Committee also warns that the government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill has had a 'rushed and inadequate' timetable
Swinney grilled over attainment gap and ASL
The SNP's mission to close the disadvantage-related attainment gap has become a 'defining failure', Scottish Labour leader tells first minister
Schools told to do more to keep pupils out of youth justice system
Children’s commissioner says schools should be required to outline how sanctions like suspensions will trigger additional support
Audit Scotland publishes ‘damning’ report on support for ASN pupils
There's an ‘urgent need for improvement’, says the watchdog – as it questions whether schools can cope with the almost eight-fold increase in additional support needs pupils
Ministers urged to ensure climate change is taught across curriculum
Experts say teachers want more professional development support to teach climate change and sustainability
Ofsted to test new inspection toolkits in schools
Visits to schools will also test whether different inspectors reach the same judgement about strengths and areas of improvement
SQA reveals names of CEO and chief examining officer as roles are split
New interim CEO vows to 'serve with humility' and learn from the past 'by being more open to criticism, challenge and scrutiny'
SEND: £740m funding won’t tackle main challenges, MPs told
The Commons Education Committee held a session today on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Here are six things MPs were told
Primary school PE training ‘woefully inadequate’, MPs told
The chief executive of Youth Sport Trust calls for PE to become a core subject to ‘drive up standards’ and improve fitness
CEO of David Ross Education Trust to step down
Stuart Burns has led the 36-school academy trust for five years
Attainment gap widens for 2023-24 Scottish school leavers
Official figures also show more Scottish students leaving school earlier – over 8,000 school leavers were in S4 in 2023-24, at just over 14 per cent of the cohort
Revealed: the advisers to the DfE’s edtech evidence board
91¶¶Òõ can reveal the full list of advisers for the board, which will look at how to build evidence around artificial intelligence tools in schools
‘Alternative’ Ofsted survey asks if report cards are fit for purpose
Former senior HMI have launched their own survey to run in parallel with Ofsted's official consultation
Special schools employ more teachers without QTS
Special schools face worse teacher shortages, particularly in alternative provision, research shows
Podcasts in class could tackle reading ‘crisis’
Children's enjoyment of listening to audio has now surpassed that of reading, finds survey
Nearly 1 in 3 children ‘refused to go to school in past year’
Top reasons for absence were children not enjoying school, having a mental health problem or a special educational need, and being bullied, finds parent poll
750 schools named for free breakfast clubs pilot
Just over one in three pupils covered by the pilot are at schools based in a deprived area
Call to ‘reset’ SEND funding so schools can meet local needs
Confederation of School Trusts sets out 10 priorities for a new special educational needs and disabilities system
EEF trials 5-day Shakespeare training for primary teachers
The training is one part of 11 research projects the Education Endowment Foundation has launched to build evidence in writing and secondary maths
Don’t withdraw breaktime to punish poor behaviour, schools told
Interim report from Raising the Nation Play Commission proposes that Ofsted assesses schools on playtime length, which would ‘reward schools that value play highly’
‘Clear line’ needed between school subjects and jobs, says Scottish Labour
Labour also promises to make Pupil Equity Fund money a 'permanent' feature in Scottish schools and to help headteachers make longer-term staffing plans
International schools group recruits MAT CEO
Rob Tarn will join GEMS Education's First Schools Management division after eight years at a large multi-academy trust in the North of England