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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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Ofsted’s inclusion focus won’t penalise suspensions, says chief

Inspectorate must move away from 'detecting failures only', Sir Martyn Oliver tells MAT leaders at the Confederation of School Trusts' conference

Many students ‘locked out’ of Stem pathways, report finds

School leaders should devise programmes to ensure underrepresented students can see a way into Stem careers, say EPI and CfEY

Is this MFL’s ‘moment’ or will reforms hasten its decline?

Curriculum reforms offer a chance to boost the status of language teaching in schools, but there's a risk they could do the opposite, say subject experts

Some teachers ‘never more enslaved’, warns DfE adviser

Sir Kevan Collins tells the Confederation of School Trusts' conference that 'we’ve sometimes slipped into a shallow compliance culture'

Isolation and loneliness akin to pandemic, warns education leader

The digital world's effect on social contact has 'huge' ramifications for educators, says ADES president

Nearly a third of students given more time to complete exams

School leaders say they need help as rising numbers of students ask for special arrangements to sit GCSEs and A levels

‘Degradation’ of music education ‘sets a dangerous precedent’

Fears mount over future of instrument tuition in Scotland after a move that puts music education for younger pupils 'at risk'

Scorecard trial to assess how schools serve disadvantaged pupils

Creators of a school equity scorecard hope Ofsted will adopt the approach when its new inspections get underway next year

Telepresence robots ‘could cut pupil absence’

Study shows pupils are comfortable with ‘driving’ and interacting with seeing and hearing robots, which allow their peers to be virtually present for school activities

SEND: Phillipson announces plans to boost inclusion in mainstream

Education secretary unveils a raft of measures aimed at making mainstream schools more inclusive, including SEND advisers and a neurodiversity task group

Local-tier MAT governors ‘lack understanding’ of their role

Many multi-academy trust boards have diversity policies that have not yet translated into reality, according to analysis by the Confederation of School Trusts

Oak adds korfball, pickleball and parkour to PE curriculum

Oak National Academy is extending its curriculum to cover new sports, designed to encourage more young people to get active

1 in 3 MATs expect reserves to fall below threshold

Analysis comes as the IFS warns that the funding increase for 2025-26 will get 'swallowed up by ongoing cost pressures'

Biggest pressure facing teachers is lack of respect, says Starmer

The prime minister hosted a reception at Downing Street to celebrate teachers and teaching assistants this afternoon

Education Scotland early pandemic support ‘poor to non-existent’

When the first lockdown hit, schools were ‘left on their own’ and Education Scotland was found ‘wanting’, heads tell Covid inquiry

Higher history review finds marking standard did not change

SQA internal investigation states the sharp drop in Higher history passes was down to ‘the poor standard of responses' from students, especially on the Scottish history paper

Cognita announces first partnership with school in Greece

International schools group expands its presence in Europe, adding to its list of some 100 schools across 17 countries

‘Broad support’ for right to week-long residential

MSPs' call for evidence on proposed legislation reveals widespread support for a right to residential outdoor education – though some experts have raised concerns

Trust leaders raise ‘big questions’ over regional improvement teams

The Confederation of School Trusts is 'seeking reassurance' over DfE's planned approach to supporting schools

Unauthorised absence ‘stubbornly high’ despite higher fines

Absence rates have not dropped since higher £160 fines were introduced in September, analysis reveals

‘Still much to do’ on seminal ASL review, four years on

With only around 18 months of the current Parliament remaining, almost half of the action plan that resulted from review of additional support needs has yet to be completed

Nord Anglia makes appointments to education board

International schools group announces four high-profile appointments to help students 'thrive in a rapidly changing world'

Regional support and intervention teams: what schools need to know

Ofsted report cards will 'strongly inform' the level of regional support and intervention that schools receive from new RISE teams, the DfE says

Financial education: 9 in 10 teachers say it should be taught beyond maths

More teachers said financial education should be delivered in PSHE or across the curriculum than in just maths lessons