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Join the ÌÇÐÄVlog News team as they discuss a week dominated by Ofsted after it released its final annual report before the change of the guard and a new era for the watchdog

Two-thirds of support staff, including teaching assistants, say their workload has increased over the past year, a Unison survey reveals

The department is seeking a potential partner to expand its three-year intensive mentoring programme to 10 Priority Education Investment Areas

Most schools say teachers are being subjected to violence and aggression on a daily basis, an EIS poll shows

From next year, schools will be able to contact Ofsted the day after an inspection if they are unhappy – plus other changes announced by the inspectorate

A MAT chief has also called for the streamlining of a complicated system amid rising parental complaints to schools post-Covid

Schools rated ‘good and improving’ were more than twice as likely to be upgraded if judged under inspectorate’s old framework, ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis shows

Speaking at the Institute for School Business Leadership Conference, Baroness Barran also said ‘there are things broken beyond the money’ in the SEND system

This week’s essential education news includes an inquiry calling for Ofsted to stop inspecting schools and research showing a growing difference in pay for secondary heads

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman says the current grading system is ‘entirely in line’ with the models used by other public sector inspectorates

Racism in Scottish schools is ‘normal’, with teacher-on-teacher racism ‘the elephant in the staffroom’, says keynote speaker

Suspension rate for disadvantaged pupils almost four times higher than non-disadvantaged peers, government data shows