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Some nations clearly have it better than Scotland, from holiday allowance to contact time, as the differences between school systems – highlighted in the latest OECD data – show. Emma Seith reports

Having operated successfully from home during the Covid lockdowns, many staff will wish to continue working more flexibly and may look favourably on schools that can offer them a greater work-life balance. But can leaders adapt to teachers’ individual needs while also ensuring that those needs are in students’ best interests? Kate Parker weighs up the options

Teachers need support – not scrutiny and ‘top-down management’, says union president

Scottish councils and the government accused of ‘devaluing the profession’ with ‘completely unacceptable’ pay offer

From scrapping tax exemptions for private schools to reforming Ofsted – what education would look like under Labour

One in 10 secondary students with virus also suffered symptoms more than four weeks after infection, research suggests

Fuel crisis will cause ‘serious difficulties’ in education, teachers’ union leader has warned

Girls’ Day School Trust could be latest to join growing number of independent schools choosing to withdraw from scheme

The spending review is a chance to increase teacher pay and finally address the recruitment challenges, says Jack Worth

Scottish teachers’ time in class is set to remain above average, even with cut of 1.5 hours a week promised by the government

Headteachers say pay freeze is a ‘slap in the face’ and will weaken school leadership pipeline

Failure to make ‘substantially improved’ pay offer before 30 September will lead to ‘declaration of dispute’, warns union