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Exams expert calls for GCSE gender gap investigation
Any inquiry into the gender divide in educational outcomes should confront the ‘unthinkable’ prospect of ‘inherent’ differences between girls and boys, says Professor Alan Smithers
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More councils retain schools cash for falling-rolls support
The money can be spent on redundancies, SEN provision staffing, or to prepare for a future population bulge
Schools struggle with ‘enormously frustrating’ faults in Sats portal
Heads tell ÌÇÐÄVlog they were unable to access the online portal, as the site for KS2 attendance figures – which has replaced paper registers – was 'experiencing a technical issue'
Mission Coastal heads first to schools in Hastings and Scarborough
Teacher support and pupil mentoring will be made available through Mission Coastal and Mission North East from this September
NEU warns ‘out of touch’ Labour it will launch strike ballot
The union's general secretary Daniel Kebede hits back after education secretary calls ballot threat 'massively premature'
Early career teachers learning ‘a lot more’ from new framework
Verdict on initial teacher training and early career frameworks provided by first major poll since they were combined in 2025
All Sendcos ‘need clinical supervision to stop burnout’
Education leaders call for more support for Sendcos as the role becomes increasingly demanding
DfE to call on leaders to become RISE ‘partners’
New DfE-convened regional partnerships will be expected to provide 'formalised oversight' of progress against school improvement priorities
Schools face ‘impossible’ SEND support package plans, experts warn
'Bizarre' government proposals risk lumping together pupils with vastly different needs, and stripping out mental health support, leaders tell ÌÇÐÄVlog
Ofsted confirms no major framework changes despite criticism
Beware 'misconception' that schools below national average for outcomes will automatically get 'needs attention' grade for achievement, says Ofsted national director for education
Nearly a quarter of new teachers not entering profession, study reveals
Administration tasks and workload provide 'reality shock' as new teachers discover what the role is really like, UCL researchers find
Weak governance flagged as threat to MAT expansion
Less than half of governors think their school's resources, including reserves, should be shared across their trust, finds National Governance Association
Most school leaders say budget cuts are hitting pupil outcomes
Schools are increasingly being forced to make 'trade-offs' on staffing, class sizes and levels of support because of squeezed funding, report warns
Why do fewer teachers than ever want to be heads?
As headship aspiration reaches a record low, ÌÇÐÄVlog explores what's deterring people from taking the top job
Heads more likely than teachers to find new Ofsted inspections stressful
A third of senior leaders think the new-style inspections are 'much more stressful' than previous inspections, Teacher Tapp polling shows
Lucy Heller to leave Ark Schools after 22 years
Ms Heller joined in 2004 as the founding director of the academy trust and was appointed chief executive 14 years ago
‘Ridiculous’ timeline for schools to introduce enrichment benchmarks
Schools will have less than a term to prepare the new enrichment entitlements before Ofsted inspects them, with sector leaders warning this is a 'recipe for heightening stress'
NAHT backs industrial action ballot over teacher pay
Heads vote for union to consider all steps up to and including industrial action over any below-inflation three-year pay deal
Heads pave way for industrial action over new Ofsted framework
High-stakes accountability 'just doesn't work', says Sinéad Mc Brearty, who chairs the NAHT advisory panel on the Ofsted framework
Schools must not ‘carry the can’ for underfunded policies, NAHT warns
The rising costs that schools are facing could undermine the government's White Paper plans, the NAHT's general secretary tells the union's annual conference
The complex story behind rising suspensions in primary schools
Suspensions have risen in primary schools but fallen in secondaries. Here, education leaders tell ÌÇÐÄVlog what they think is behind the contrasting trends
Ofsted is a ‘driver of misery’, says new NAHT president
Dave Woods will also tell the union's annual conference that education staff are now ‘frontline fighters’ against ‘dark forces of hate’
Flexible-working scheme fails to reach schools most in need of help
Only 3 per cent of school leaders were even aware of the government's programme to increase flexible working after its first year, says DfE report
SEND: Support plan complaints could ‘overwhelm’ schools, ministers warned
Commons Education Select Committee chair Helen Hayes raises concerns over government SEND reforms
Scottish election 2026: what the manifestos say about education
We look at the six biggest parties' manifestos and highlight key policies that would have an impact on schools