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Long-awaited interim report from review of assessment and qualifications also recommends a ‘Scottish Diploma of Achievement’ that captures the full range of learning and experiences – not just academic qualifications

Contract for new £14.9m three-year Language Hubs programme has been awarded to UCL

Falling pupil rolls on top of stretched finances mean cross-phase academy trusts are increasingly being forced to 'subsidise' primary schools, leaders warn

Government can't 'walk away' from responsibility for ensuring schools are able to meet new standards, warn heads' leaders

EIS union says talks this week got 'within touching distance of a possible settlement', and calls on government and local authorities to make new offer tomorrow and 'get an agreement over the line'

First minister quizzed over bullying in schools in week that new data shows almost a third of P5-S3 pupils had been bullied in the previous year

SSTA was 'fully aware' of 'potential to create difficulties in some schools' after result of survey on teacher pay offer, but stands by 'the correct decision under the circumstances'

Leaked pandemic messages between former health and education secretaries Matt Hancock and Sir Gavin Williamson show 'appalling lack of respect', say heads' leaders

Ministers set out plans for SEND reform but many key proposals will not start to be rolled out until 2025

But 40% are concerned about the impact of teacher walkouts on pupils' education

The department will also announce new special school places as part of its long-awaited response to the SEND review today

Survey finds fewer pupils are being allocated preferred school places in some areas

The many disabled school leavers left without essential coordinated support plans represents a 'huge, huge failure', parliamentary committee hears

Commons Education Select Committee chair and ex-schools minister has written to Gillian Keegan over Rishi Sunak's 'maths to 18' plan

Meanwhile the proportion of school leavers entering higher education, the most common destination, has dropped

But future teacher strikes would not take place during GCSE and A-level exams, NEU leader tells ÌÇÐÄVlog

Research into admissions comes on the day that families find out if their child has been accepted into the secondary school of their choice

1 in 5 primary schools was also told that Sats results would be delayed for some pupils, Ofqual report finds

New report shows just half of local authorities shared data on pupil health and wellbeing with the Scottish government

Ofsted school inspection judgements can be years out of date when parents look at them and do not predict GCSE grades, study finds

EIS points to growing number of teachers on picket lines, while education secretary says she is 'offering meetings every day this week' in bid to resolve pay dispute

Today is the first of three days of regional strike action by teaching union members this week, following a national strike earlier this month in the pay dispute

The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association says if there is no new pay offer its members will be back out on strike

Education secretary says long-awaited plan to reform the SEND system, which was originally due to be set out last year, will be published in days