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Three years after the introduction of the DfE’s controversial test for four-year-olds, John Morgan finds out what, if anything, the Reception Baseline Assessment has taught us about assessing early progress

The chair of an MPs’ committee says it wants to hear from those with experience of education in the 14 British Overseas Territories, including Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands

Languages are a fragile but essential part of the curriculum and urgently need stronger backing in Scotland, say Fiona Barclay and Fhiona Mackay

NAHT’s James Bowen explains why the lack of progress data for the cohort of primary pupils set to sit key stage 2 Sats would make it unfair to publish outcomes

New DfE research into the use of reasonable force, restraint and restrictive practices in alternative provision and special schools could indicate how future guidance is developed

School leaders trying to uphold good behaviour are facing impossible decisions because the decline in social services has removed the safety net for vulnerable students who are suspended or excluded, finds Dan Worth

Scottish education secretary forced to defend rowing back on government promise to provide a free laptop or other digital device to every pupil

This week’s essential education news includes unions demanding an above-inflation teacher pay rise and warnings about another shortfall in trainee teachers

There is also not enough school space or teachers to deliver Rishi Sunak’s Advanced British Standard plan, its exam board OCR warns

If international schools want to be actively engaged in their host nation, they can offer their time, connections and educational expertise, says this leader

With NHS and social care services support overstretched, education staff have been left to carry out complex healthcare procedures for students, write two leaders in the special schools sector

Education Policy Institute and Renaissance report also reveals the ongoing regional divide in outcomes following pandemic