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Sexual harm is rising in schools - but is there enough resource to tackle it?
As a ÌÇÐÄVlog investigation highlights the increase in sexual violence and sexual harassment in schools, experts call for more training and support to respond to the problem
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Faster school mental health team rollout urged amid ‘crisis’
Calls for more support for schools after children’s commissioner report shows children are waiting 'far too long' for mental health treatment
Weekly round-up: ITT target cut and Keegan ‘punch’ row
ÌÇÐÄVlog' education news round-up includes the lowering of the target for recruiting secondary teacher trainees and controversy over Gillian Keegan's Ofsted 'punch' comment
FM accepts classroom violence is causing new teachers to drop out
Humza Yousaf made the admission when quizzed about a ÌÇÐÄVlog Scotland exclusive revealing almost one in five probationers have opted out of this year’s induction scheme
Badly run and designed schools create additional needs, hear MSPs
Over a third of Scottish pupils have an ASN, but that figure would be lower if school buildings and cultures were developed with all pupils in mind, says expert
DfE drops secondary teacher trainee target
The government says it will need 9 per cent fewer postgraduate secondary trainees – despite missing its target by half this year
Suspended students ‘a year behind at GCSE’
Report calls for schools to be given the resources they need to reduce suspensions
PFI concerns raised after school meal apology
Leaders voice concerns about school meal contracts tied into PFI deals after one head apologises to parents for 'completely unacceptable' food
Transgender guidance: Fight legal cases for schools, DfE told
Teaching unions voice fears about draft transgender guidance in their submissions to the government's consultation
Sir Kevan: Tighten rules so top state schools take poor pupils
Former 'catch-up tsar' Sir Kevan Collins warns of a 'strange pattern' of high-performing schools not reflecting local communities
Keegan urged to publicly retract Ofsted punch comment
Union representing Ofsted HMI has today written to Gillian Keegan after comments she made at the annual ASCL conference
Poorer NI primary pupils ‘a year behind in cognitive skills’
New Audit Office report on child poverty in Northern Ireland shows attainment gap at school starts early and remains wide in the years to come
Teacher pay offer made in Northern Ireland
Education minister describes it as 'unacceptable' that teachers have been waiting three years for a pay increase
Undervaluing arts subjects ‘naive’, warns heads’ union
NAHT says creative subjects are being 'squeezed out' as senior politicians from both political parties call for a broader curriculum
AP leaders ‘ignored’ in Ofsted’s Big Listen
Major consultation on the future of inspection contains 'worrying' omission, warns alternative providers’ leader
Teachers must lead the way on education reform, new paper warns
'Top-down' education reforms have a poor track record and Scotland's school staff should be entrusted with key decisions, advises expert analysis
In-depth inspections would cost millions more per year, Ofsted warns
Ofsted has told MPs that calls for inspection reform need to be considered alongside the watchdog's budget constraints
5 ways schools can attract Gen Z teachers
What schools can do to attract younger teachers amid a recruitment crisis, according to one expert
Phillipson: More ‘transparency’ needed in regional ‘layer’
The shadow education secretary was speaking at the ASCL conference in Liverpool this morning
Barton: Government must make classrooms ‘fit for learning’
Geoff Barton uses last speech as ASCL leader to highlight the 'shocking' state of school buildings, along with the need for a curriculum review and better funding
Keegan would have ‘punched’ rude Ofsted inspectors
Schools and inspectors should show 'professionalism, courtesy, empathy and respect', says Ofsted chief in response to education secretary's comments
Leaders ‘queasy’ about relying on international recruitment
Recruiting teachers from other countries that need them, 'morally' doesn't 'feel like the right thing for us to be doing', says ASCL general secretary
Politicians ‘constantly running down schools’ undermines attendance drive
Some politicians and commentators are 'far too quick to take potshots at schools', ASCL's president John Camp will warn today
AQA delays rollout of digital languages exams
The reading and listening components of GCSE Italian and Polish will no longer be sat online from 2026, the exam board announces
Ofsted launches Big Listen on future of inspection
Watchdog could withhold 'inadequate' inspection judgement on schools that are only failing on safeguarding