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DfE sets out £800m SEND teacher development contracts

The government’s spending plans could include the creation of national SEND CPD programmes, with contracts expected to be awarded to providers next year

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What Scottish literature should students in upper secondary study?

The SQA is asking teachers and secondary students for feedback on the Scottish set texts studied as part of National 5 and Higher English courses

Exclusions policy to be reviewed amid school violence

Scottish government promises review after being accused of a lack of action over the increase in dangerous behaviour in schools

Budget 2024: £105m for 15 new special free schools

Here's everything schools need to know about today's Budget announcement

School uniform price cap could be set in Northern Ireland

Education minister Paul Givan does not favour abolishing school uniform but wants it to be more affordable

Parental complaints: DfE told urgent change needed to help schools

The volume of complaints is 'not sustainable' and 'will have an impact on our ability to retain our leaders', warns CST chief Leora Cruddas

MAT leaders aim to stop ‘irreparable’ damage to small schools

The small school strategy group, formed of eight multi-academy trust CEOs, is working to help small schools find a compatible trust

Revealed: 8 in 10 school leaders see rise in vexatious complaints

ÌÇÐÄVlog investigation uncovers a 'Wild West' parent complaints system pushing schools with stretched resources and stressed staff to the brink

Ministers challenged over ‘intolerable’ school violence

Scottish Conservatives will accuse SNP ministers of failing to take action when school violence is leaving teachers 'terrified to go to work'

‘Poverty of financial education in UK’, Martin Lewis warns MPs

Getting financial education onto the national curriculum in England a decade ago has been 'counterproductive', Commons Education Select Committee told

Ofsted: 8 concerns over English teaching

Watchdog says teaching of reading has improved but curricula for spoken and written language are less effective

Presumption of mainstream schooling for pupils with ASN is ‘wrong’, hear MSPs

There should be no 'default bias' in favour of educating pupils with additional needs in special or mainstream schools given that they can flourish in either, says ASN Tribunal

SQA dispute called off after pay offer accepted

Union had predicted ‘major impact’ on exams if industrial action by SQA staff continued through the spring – and warned today that 'tensions' remain

SEND: Hunt urged to increase funding for school places

In a letter seen by ÌÇÐÄVlog, the education committee chair writes to the chancellor ahead of the Spring Budget setting out the need for more funding for pupils with SEND

School guidance to tackle gender-based violence

New guidance will help schools to challenge 'societal views which normalise gender-based violence', says the Scottish government

School leaders call for ‘double digit’ pay rise for all teachers

England has the highest number of unfilled teaching posts in over a decade, warns the NAHT school leaders' union

Poorer pupils still behind on maths and reading after Covid

Think tank report shows it's 'abundantly clear that there needs to be continued investment in education recovery'

Spring Budget 2024: What do schools need?

School sector leaders are calling on the chancellor for extra funds to deal with spiralling SEND costs, the crumbling school estate and low minimum per-pupil funding

New music platform would ‘transform’ instrumental tuition

Online music service based on Welsh model would help teachers and boost pupil numbers, says Scottish Labour

Ballot opens over Welsh teacher pay, education funding and school year

Welsh government accused of having wrong priorities for education as it presses on with proposals to shorten summer holidays in shake-up of school calendars

EIS raises dispute over Glasgow teacher cuts

Loss of hundreds of teachers would lead to unsustainable workload and worsening of pupil behaviour, says union

Teacher pay: Heads’ ‘frustration’ over delays

A pay increase of 36.1 per cent for school leaders would be needed if teachers were to have the same purchasing power as 2010, union says

1 in 3 heads and teachers consider quitting

New DfE survey findings show majority of teachers are unhappy with workload and pay, and do not feel valued by policymakers

ECF: 1 in 5 new teachers not ready for workload

A significant number of tutors also believe the Early Career Framework has no impact on whether new teachers are likely to stay in the profession

Whitehall ‘must not dictate’ teacher training entitlement

Report will interrogate Labour's announcement that it would work with schools to deliver a 'teacher training entitlement' if elected