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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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Unions call for urgent DfE action on pay, workload and funding
Teacher and school leader unions call for future pay increases to be significantly above RPI inflation, and oppose any introduction of targeted pay
NEU reps to push for home PPA time in academy trusts
NEU general secretary Daniel Kebede also says it will be up to the union to make a case for 'the supposed freedoms of trusts' to be curtailed over this parliament
North East is left out of policymaking, Phillipson warned
Sector leaders in the North East have written to the education secretary to warn about a lack of representation in recently announced Ofsted and curriculum reviews
DfE’s West Midlands regional director to retire
Andrew Warren, who has headed up the region for six years, says 'it feels like the right time' to depart
SEND provision in mainstream ‘needs to be investigated’
With 91¶¶Òõ analysis revealing a sharp rise in pupils in SEND provision in mainstream schools, sector leaders voice concerns about a lack of oversight, guidance and funding
Concern over number of children arriving at school ‘still in nappies’
Former children's commissioner warns too many young children are not receiving the support needed to boost their 'school readiness'
Phillipson commits to lower Oak National Academy funding
Education secretary sets out a package of reforms in a bid to head off a legal challenge against the curriculum resources quango, 91¶¶Òõ can reveal
Phillipson says support in maths and science GCSEs should continue
Ofqual consults on whether formulae and equation sheets should be maintained for 2025, 2026 and 2027 exams after education secretary calls for them to remain
Falkirk delays decision on reducing school week
Fraught debate over Falkirk pupils' learning hours reflects extreme pressures on education budgets felt by local authorities across Scotland
Plan for sign language GCSE by 2025 ‘unrealistic’
British Sign Language GCSE seems unlikely to launch next September as planned, warns awarding body
Teacher strikes over Glasgow job cuts put on hold
Strike ballots from both the EIS teaching union and primary school leaders' body the AHDS failed to meet the 50 per cent turnout threshold
New AI project gives school librarians critical role
School librarians are ‘the guardians of information integrity’ – now they are to play a major role in a new digital literacy project focused on responsible use of generative AI
CfE review: ‘Evolving Curriculum for Excellence, not ripping it up’
Scotland’s decade-long 'curriculum-improvement cycle' is underway – our exclusive report shows how it will work
Restore expert group to tackle absence crisis, DfE urged
The Attendance Action Alliance – set up to 'supercharge' efforts to tackle school absence – has not met since May
Private schools’ merger highlights sector difficulties
The principal of a new school created from a merger says a long lead-in to the change should 'mitigate compulsory reductions to roles', but some jobs will be lost
GEMS announces new chief education officer
Lisa Crausby joins the GEMS international schools group from a MAT in England, where her work led to being awarded an OBE
Cambridge International announces digital exams launch
Six subjects will have digital exams from 2026, before a global rollout across the full Cambridge curriculum
Phillipson asks how teacher pay can support more flexibility
It is unlikely the 2025-26 pay award will be announced before maintained schools set their budgets, the education secretary warns – but vows to reset timelines for 2026-27
Most primary teachers would not consider secondary
The perceived barriers to teachers making the move from primary to secondary, including an 'us and them' mentality, have been revealed by DfE research
‘Game-changing’ tech solution sought for Scottish teacher workload
A contract worth up to £650,000 over two years is being offered to the bid that best answers the question, how can technology reduce teacher workload?
Widening access to private schools harder due to ‘challenges’ in sector
HMC chair comments come as the government plans to remove the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools from January
Give LAs more time to address SEND deficits, union says
The NASUWT teaching union calls on the chancellor to relieve some of the pressure on local authorities created by high-needs block deficits
Tories should hang heads in shame over SEND, shadow minister says
Conservative shadow minister accuses his party of not doing enough for children with special educational needs and disabilities when in government
Ofqual warns schools over coursework cyberattack risk
The warning comes as a poll reveals more than four in 10 teachers say their school or college experienced a cyber incident during the last academic year