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Letting staff go is a difficult part of a school leader’s job – but there are some key principles that can make the process fair for all, says Kausor Amin-Ali

Around 400 staff will strike tomorrow in a dispute over pay that Unite says will have ‘a major impact’ on exams – but the SQA says the union is ‘scaremongering’

This week’s essential education news includes ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis of what the biggest MATs paid their chief executives last year, and new government guidance recommending that schools ban phones

Two in five teachers have worked extra hours without payment in the past year, TUC study finds

Teacher workload is highlighted as a major concern during a teaching union event at the Scottish Labour conference

Half of school business professionals warn their school is set to run out of money within three years

This week’s essential education news includes the launch of a five-year research project to identify best teaching practice and women in schools being denied flexible working

Public sector employers are being ‘inconsistent, rigid and unimaginative’ in response to requests for flexible working, says Unison

This week’s essential education news includes the government launching its Teacher Degree Apprenticeship and new research uncovering multi-academy trusts’ worsening finances

United Learning warns it is ‘inconceivable’ that any ‘rational’ school employers would issue work notices compelling teachers not to strike

NASUWT becomes the second teachers’ union to announce that it is consulting its members about industrial action

The government, launching plans to tackle staffing problems in early years, has been accused of lacking ‘an effective workforce strategy’