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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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Digital exams ‘not economic’ without wider changes

Ofqual chief says we are likely to see the digitisation of exams happening 'incrementally' rather than in a 'big bang'

Ofsted says it will not rate ‘individual’ teachers

Watchdog director also says new inspection framework may focus more on 'statutory outcomes' and that defining inclusion is 'very tricky'

Heads’ leaders call for primary tests to be scrapped

The multiplication tables check and phonics screening check are 'unnecessary', the NAHT tells the government's review of curriculum and assessment

Teachers face ‘alarming’ rise in verbal and physical abuse from pupils

Increase in challenging behaviour from children and parents is impacting teachers' mental health and wellbeing, charity warns

Science teachers call for reform of ‘overloaded’ curriculum

Subject experts call on curriculum review to ensure science learning reflects students' interests in sustainability and climate change

Satisfaction with Scottish schools hits record low

Opposition politicians blame the Scottish government, saying the drop in public satisfaction is a 'damning indictment of the SNP's record on schools'

Wilshaw: Longer inspection needed if report card proposals go ahead

But former Ofsted chief backs a return to inspecting teaching as a separate category in school inspections

Covid inquiry: Money was ‘more important’ than safety of school staff

Councils ‘baulked’ at putting in place safety measures in schools during the pandemic because of 'the potential costs', teaching union boss tells Scottish Covid Inquiry

SQA maps out priorities for new qualifications body

As SQA prepares to change into Qualifications Scotland in late 2025, it says it wants to 'win back trust' among teachers and students and use technology to 'streamline' services

Heads challenged to show alternatives to toxic male role models

How boys perceive masculinity can profoundly affect their lives in school and beyond – so they need non-judgmental spaces to explore their identities, School Leaders Scotland told

SEND: Six key findings from DfE’s MPs session

DfE is to take 'a fundamental look' at the SEND system and it is working with the Treasury on a solution for council deficits

Teenage girls drive rise in truancy

An increase in truancy in English-speaking countries since Covid is being fuelled by girls skipping school, research shows

Covid inquiry: Teachers’ fears ‘downplayed’ in pandemic

Teachers felt their lives – and those of their families – mattered less than political and economic considerations, EIS boss tells Covid inquiry

Private school VAT could have ‘seismic impact’ on life chances

Girls’ Schools Association president says Labour’s 'rushed' policy is forcing 'stark and unfair' choices on parents

Pupil Equity Fund status quo unsustainable, Gilruth tells heads

Changing use of PEF money shows that schools are asked to do too much to fix societal problems, says education secretary at School Leaders Scotland annual conference

Out-of-work primary teachers could train as ASN specialists

This is one of the ‘innovative approaches’ to the primary teacher employment crisis being considered by the government, according to Scotland's education secretary

Use CfE review to ‘embed anti-racist education into every stage’

Anti-racist education should not be ‘a bolt-on’ – it should be ‘presented repeatedly with deepening complexity’ as pupils progress through school

‘Pivotal’ year ahead for Scottish education, says new SLS president

Secondary headteacher Pauline Walker is 'deeply optimistic' about the year ahead – as long as reform of Scottish education taps into teachers' 'insight into what works best'

1 in 4 primary teachers has restrained a pupil this term

But most teachers have had no training in how to restrain a student, according to a new Teacher Tapp poll

Big increase in schools lowering their age range

Leaders say they hope to support children earlier in life as the government rolls out school-based nursery funding

Don’t jump into early years ‘glassy-eyed’, primary leaders warned

Senior education figures set out challenges for schools interested in bidding for government funding for nursery provision

Ofsted could inspect teaching as separate category in new inspections

Watchdog's draft proposal to assess schools' teaching as a standalone category amid recruitment and retention crisis has caused sector concern

DfE proposes increased teacher pension contributions

No change to employee contribution rates for the lowest-paid teachers under the proposals

Ofsted’s new inspection toolkit will have a SEND focus

Watchdog says it wants to ensure its new inspection framework is 'more suitable' for inspection of SEND in mainstream, special and AP schools