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The DfE does not have enough information on deteriorating school buildings to manage 'critical' risks to pupils and staff, warns National Audit Office

The government does not have an overview of how sustainable schools are or the risks posed by climate change, warns watchdog

Scotland will not be able to adopt the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in full, it emerged today, two years after MSPs voted to do so

New government guidance is encouraging schools and trusts to seek advice from regional 'flexible-working ambassadors' and attend workshops and webinars

Minister Nick Gibb tells an MPs' inquiry that absence from school is still 'unacceptably high'

Charity says parents and carers of secondary school children in the UK are paying on average £422 per year on uniform, and about £287 for primary school children

Council criticised for emailing teachers just before school holidays to say they would be out of work after the summer, which the EIS union says reflects problems across Scotland

Children's commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza calls for a 'radical rehaul' of the approach to SEND support in response to new DfE figures

Artificial intelligence in schools could mean fairer assessment and reduced teacher workload, says Hayward report – but a 'coordinated national approach is essential'

Hayward report on qualifications and assessment is based on opinion and lacking in proper scientific evaluation, argues Professor Lindsay Paterson

Union leader says any rejection of the independent pay review body's recommendations will 'simply embolden teachers to vote for further strike action'

The ÌÇÐÄVlog Schools Awards ceremony celebrated the amazing achievements of schools and teachers, including a lifetime achievement award for former national schools commissioner Dr Elizabeth Sidwell

Alva Academy in Clackmannanshire has scooped two awards at tonight's ceremony in London

League tables generated by newspapers using official data are 'leaving hard-working learners and teachers dispirited', finds Hayward review, which calls for new approaches to accountability and monitoring of education standards

It will take almost a decade for assessment reforms in the Hayward review to be fully realised, with three implementation phases for the Scottish Diploma of Achievement up to 2032

Fresh "national action plan" considered as government acknowledges that efforts to help pupils catch up after the pandemic have failed to reach "all who need it"

STA chief told schools minister more transparency would ’increase public and sector confidence in the primary assessment system’, after reports that this year's KS2 Sats upset pupils, ÌÇÐÄVlog can reveal

New data shows 87,000 more pupils have SEND in English schools this year, with the numbers of EHCPs and those receiving SEN support also on the increase

Researchers say that children’s academic positivity accounts for ‘significant’ growth in key stage 2 attainment

This week’s essential education news and analysis includes warnings to government about the scale of the teacher recruitment and retention crisis, criticism over the timing of next month's planned strikes and expert insight into how schools can tap into the power of marketing

Hayward recommendations for qualifications and assessment in Scotland are ‘radical’ – so education secretary wants to be certain the changes are ‘the right ones’

Scottish headteachers are calling for action over longstanding teacher shortages in subjects such as maths and computing

One in five children enters secondary school with reading or vocabulary two years behind expected levels, research shows

Evidence to a parliamentary inquiry on recruitment and retention also includes repeated calls to make teaching more flexible