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Government can’t ‘walk away’ from responsibility for ensuring schools are able to meet new standards, warn heads’ leaders

Your round-up of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes details of the government’s long-awaited plan to reform SEND support, reaction to regional teacher strikes and a warning about the value of Ofsted inspections

SSTA was ‘fully aware’ of ‘potential to create difficulties in some schools’ after result of survey on teacher pay offer, but stands by ‘the correct decision under the circumstances’

Leaked pandemic messages between former health and education secretaries Matt Hancock and Sir Gavin Williamson show ‘appalling lack of respect’, say heads’ leaders

Ministers set out plans for SEND reform but many key proposals will not start to be rolled out until 2025

But 40% are concerned about the impact of teacher walkouts on pupils’ education

But future teacher strikes would not take place during GCSE and A-level exams, NEU leader tells ÌÇÐÄVlog

Job evaluation could be a way of tackling the three huge issues fuelling the teacher recruitment and retention crisis – workload, low pay and long hours, says Yvonne Williams

EIS points to growing number of teachers on picket lines, while education secretary says she is ‘offering meetings every day this week’ in bid to resolve pay dispute

Today is the first of three days of regional strike action by teaching union members this week, following a national strike earlier this month in the pay dispute

The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association says if there is no new pay offer its members will be back out on strike

But there would be more support for nurses if they decided to strike in Scotland, as well as postal workers and bin men