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NEU calls for tests to be scrapped after survey highlights teachers’ fears that they will narrow the curriculum and crank up workload pressure

ASCL’s senior members are meeting this week to decide how to take ‘more assertive action’ over inspection concerns

Andrew O’Neill, who was appointed school policy and delivery adviser under previous education secretary Bridget Phillipson, brings an early end to his secondment

More than 46,000 students took A-level economics this year but the subject has had fewer than 100 new specialist teachers since 2019. The government needs to make this staff shortage a priority, argues academic Sonia Strnad

Complex issues are being ‘laced with political bias’ in classrooms, says shadow education secretary, as the Conservatives set out plan to introduce mandatory training for teachers on impartiality

Shadow education secretary warns against ‘upheaval’ of the school system under Labour’s plan for new technical education courses from age 14

ÌÇÐÄVlog tests the reaction to the first wave of official SEND training materials, focused on inclusive teaching and speech, language and communication development

School leaders say employers are withdrawing from offering placements amid uncertainty over the impact of new safeguarding changes

Draft documents set out examples of what might be seen as ‘reasonable’ and ‘unreasonable’ adjustments for pupils with SEND, as part of the government’s drive to increase inclusion in mainstream schools

‘Shocking’ findings show confidence in the trust system has fallen for the first time in years, National Governance Association boss reveals

A legal expert shares three examples of common difficulties that schools have faced with parent complaints – and advice on how to avoid long-running disputes

Too many young people have been ‘cast adrift’ by the school system, prime minister Andy Burnham tells Labour Party conference