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School system minister Baroness Barran sets out how attendance can be improved among pupils missing between 5 and 15 per cent of lessons

Overall SNSA participation last year was just below 90%, reinvigorating calls for the tests to be scrapped and money invested in school staff instead

Teach First polling highlights workload pressure on teachers due to worsening pupil mental health, as well as potential impact on the recruitment and retention crisis

The law requiring schools in England to hold daily acts of collective worship is 'divisive' and 'deeply unpopular', according to a survey for the National Secular Society

Union leaders tell education secretary they are 'extremely concerned' that pensions grants do not cover costs

Raising teacher pay by less than national average should be 'unthinkable' for the next government, experts warn

To ensure the 'resilience' of future free schools, multi-academy trusts will be more likely to be successful in the competitive process, new guidance states

Leaders respond to schools minister's refusal, in his recent interview with ÌÇÐÄVlog, to guarantee long-awaited update before general election

A coalition of 14 organisations, including the NEU, has called for politicians to address the 'deep, multi-faceted and worsening' crisis

Local authorities 'disappointed' that trade unions 'have gone public with a threat of balloting for strike action'

School inspection in Scotland is too often used to 'squash innovation and enthusiasm', says SSTA general secretary

Change will apply to all graded inspections since September 2019, but headteachers' leaders dismiss move as 'cosmetic'

'Deeply worrying' details are set out in comprehensive analysis of Safety Valve documents shared with ÌÇÐÄVlog

Primary school leaders say the pandemic is still impacting Year 6 pupils as they prepare for assessment this term and the transition to secondary school

Current family hubs will take 30 years to reach similar areas of disadvantage as the former Labour scheme, according to former children's commissioner report

Teaching union demands 'immediate action' to address an 'upsurge in violence' in Scottish schools so that staff can work in safety

Teachers have been 'conditioned over the years by moral blackmail to take on more and more work', says president of Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association

Speaking exclusively to ÌÇÐÄVlog as the DfE launches a toolkit to help schools spot pupil absence trends, schools minister says the sector is still facing an 'attendance problem'

This week’s essential education news includes Ofsted scrapping deep dives in ungraded inspections and fears about the impact of high absence among GCSE students

Minister highlights concern about reports of 'outstanding'-rated schools not having any pupils with an education, health and care plan

New first minister refuses to say definitively that he will stick to target of increasing teacher numbers by 3,500 as opponents attack his record as education secretary

Findings might mean inspectors are not able to 'stomach' giving the lowest grade twice in a row, say researchers

DfE also names the academy trusts chosen to run seven special schools already in the pipeline

Watchdog warns of the consequences of being caught with a phone in an exam hall or searching for leaked exam papers on social media