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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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Exam boards have called on the government to make sure schools have the digital access and guidance they need for online GCSE exams

Visa crackdown: what schools need to know

Here is the essential information that teachers and leaders need about the government's latest immigration plans

DfE can’t yet give end date for RAAC crisis, MPs told

The education secretary, answering MPs' questions on a range of issues, says some schools are still waiting for a second RAAC building survey

231 schools now confirmed as having RAAC

Education secretary Gillian Keegan tells MPs that three schools with RAAC are still operating a hybrid model, with some pupils doing remote learning

OCR to launch first fully online GCSE in 2025

The exam board has announced it will launch a digitally-assessed computer science GCSE in 2025 if it gets Ofqual approval

Private schools more likely to win exam grade appeals

Appeals from the wealthiest parts of Scotland after the 2023 SQA exams were also more likely to be successful, new analysis shows

Pisa results: Spielman highlights drop in focus on science teaching

England and the UK as a whole have seen Pisa science scores steadily decline since 2006, though they remain higher than maths and reading

Scotland’s Pisa scores drop across the board

Reading, science and maths results in Scotland drop to record lows, but Pisa scores across the OECD have fallen in first update since Covid pandemic

UK’s Pisa scores fall in maths, science and reading

The decline in performance should 'concern us a lot', says international education figure – but others urge caution when interpreting the results

DfE to scrutinise MATs’ absence data

Chief scientific adviser to the DfE has called for further analysis of school attendance data to understand where intervention is needed

Teaching union announces new pay dispute

NASUWT declares a second formal dispute with Gillian Keegan over what it claims are 'deliberate' delays in setting a remit for the independent teacher pay body

Almost 1 in 3 parents struggle with costs of sending children to school

The cost of school uniforms is one of the most pressing concerns for parents, according to a survey by Parentkind

‘Huge cultural change’ needed on parent involvement

Parents are not getting the involvement in schools that they are now legally entitled to in Scotland, says head of a national parents' organisation

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Join the ÌÇÐÄVlog News team as they discuss an exclusive interview with Labour's new shadow schools minister, Catherine McKinnell

10 questions with... Gareth Conyard

Gareth Conyard, joint chief of the Teacher Development Trust and a former civil servant, speaks to ÌÇÐÄVlog about the importance of treating people well and why we shouldn't expect teachers to be 'heroes'

Call to tackle air pollution in every city school in Scotland

Air-quality monitors in schools are essential for the health of pupils and staff, a teaching union will say this weekend

Covid inquiry: Faster action ‘could have kept schools open’

Matt Hancock tells inquiry that government 'had to pull every lever' by January 2021, including closing schools, because Covid cases were so high

Catherine McKinnell on Labour’s plans for education

In an exclusive interview – her first as shadow schools minister – Catherine McKinnell explains why Labour can’t 'fix everything overnight' and how she wants to return 'the joy of teaching' to schools

GCSEs 2024: Heads warning over mock exams

Unions and exam boards welcome planned use of equation and formulae sheets in 2024 exams – but ASCL warns that the Ofqual consultation came after some schools sat mock exams

Sharp rise in exam special consideration requests

There was a 21 per cent increase in the number of approved requests for marks to be adjusted in the 2023 exams compared with pre-pandemic figures

Weekly round-up: Teacher shortages and DfE strike plans

This week’s essential education news includes new data revealing the difficulties in finding enough teachers and reaction to the DfE's plans to limit teacher strikes

Scotland’s new chief inspector of education announced

New chief inspector Janie McManus will play a key role in bringing about the new independent inspectorate of education

ITT: DfE maths bursary plan ‘cut teacher numbers’

Government scheme to increase the number of maths teachers by spreading out financial incentives actually led to fewer staff in the system, analysis suggests

EYFS: Around two-thirds of pupils at good level

Proportion of youngest pupils hitting development goals rises slightly but is still below pre-pandemic levels of achievement