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Almost a quarter of pupils were persistently absent in autumn term 2022-23

Union leaders 'disappointed and concerned' that problems are emerging with the primary assessments again this year

The government’s attendance drive will not work while pupils have so many unmet needs, experts warn

Heads' leaders say measures only 'scratch the surface' and need more investment to be effective

Report raises fears about new teachers' workload under the Early Career Framework and concerns about the framework repeating content from initial teacher training

The watchdog's national director for education says 'outstanding' schools are on 'tenterhooks' since the pandemic, with no idea when they will be inspected

A pilot mentoring project is due to get underway in Welsh primaries as the government comes under fire for failing to enter Welsh children in the Pirls literacy study

Baroness Barran says ministers are concerned about the 'burden' of introducing Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts on top of school-level inspections

Education secretary grilled in Parliament after violent incident in secondary school, but insists that such cases are 'not the norm'

Documents also show SQA was warned ‘a return to the 2019 course requirements should not be done quickly’ because younger students had suffered ‘greater learning loss’

'I do not recognise the picture he paints,' says Scotland's education secretary after scathing assessment by outgoing children's commissioner Bruce Adamson

The country has risen from joint eighth to fourth out of 43 countries in the Pirls international education reading study

Schools minister says 85 per cent of pupils had 'enjoyed' trials of a Sats reading paper that left children 'broken' last week

Policy first announced in 2020 to provide free breakfasts in primary and special schools must be enacted this year, says charity

Education secretary calls on NEU teaching union to refer itself to UK statistics watchdog amid row over whether teacher pay offer is 'fully funded'

Data obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats shows hundreds of schools reported deficits in 2021-22, with the total amounting to more than £5.5 million

Teachers' concerns are 'deeply worrying' after last year's Sats marking failures, says union

Two union strike ballots open today, with school leaders being asked whether they support strike action over both pay and inspection

NASUWT Scotland says the teacher recruitment and retention crisis has been fuelled by 'failure to invest in the future of the profession'

There is no place in our schools for violent behaviour, Jenny Gilruth tells secondary teachers' union after being asked about the steps she is taking to protect staff

Department for Education says Sats tests are 'designed to be challenging' and to 'stretch' even the most capable amid concern over reading paper

Strike action is looming at a Glasgow private school over changes to teacher pensions – and other schools could ‘impose similar detrimental changes’ without government intervention, a union warns

New research reveals a fifth of families with children under six are living in conditions that negatively impact education attainment and health

The role of local governance in multi-academy trusts is explored in a new report by the National Governance Association – here are its key findings