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Leaders warn government not to pile Neet work onto schools
As schools sector awaits imminent Milburn report on tackling the Neet crisis, an ASCL report accepts that schools can drive much of the work - but not alone
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NASUWT members vote to accept Scottish teacher pay offer
Marginal vote in favour of teacher pay offer follows votes by other unions to accept, although the NASUWT 'remains in dispute' with Scottish government and local authorities
Workload is unmanageable, say most school staff
A major report on school staff wellbeing, compiled by ÌÇÐÄVlog, also shows that only about one-third of staff feel valued at work
Oak National Academy: Ofsted to advise subject groups
Resources for primary music and secondary geography lessons will be delayed by a year, national quango reveals
NEU: ‘Distraction politics’ won’t avert strikes
No teacher strike dates are planned from Friday, meaning the government will 'run out of excuses for not negotiating', warns NEU general secretary
‘Just 3%’ of nurseries say they can maintain provision
Early years leaders warn ministers of 'crisis' facing early years settings ahead of Wednesday's Budget
Incentive to improve diversity of Welsh teaching workforce
A total of £5,000 is available to eligible black, Asian or minority ethnic student teachers
Northern Ireland school leaders escalate industrial action
'Nothing is off the table' as headteachers' union considers options in ongoing dispute over pay and conditions
Teacher pay: Welsh strikes on hold in wake of new offer
The teacher pay offer in Wales includes an 11.8 per cent pay rise over two years and a 1.5 per cent one-off payment this year
What are the Scottish Lib Dems’ education priorities?
Education was central to Alex Cole-Hamilton's conference speech in Dundee, including classroom violence, national testing and secure employment for teachers
NEU left out of latest DfE union talks amid strike stalemate
Gillian Keegan is meeting with leaders of NAHT, ASCL and NASUWT but government sources say talks with NEU will only happen if it halts latest teacher strike
Labour plans to replace Ofsted grades
Shadow education secretary to reveal that a Labour government would also introduce an annual review of school safeguarding
GCSEs: Hold coursework ‘exams’ to fight ChatGPT
Ofqual chief tells headteachers that if she were a centre leader, she would have all work that contributes to grades done in school under exam conditions to combat students using artificial intelligence to complete work
Ofsted chief: Complaints process not ‘satisfying’ schools
Amanda Spielman also admits that pupil voice has been given too much weight in some Ofsted school inspections, speaking at a headteachers’ conference this morning
Teacher strikes: EIS union members vote to accept pay offer
Teacher strike action over pay started in November in Scotland but all industrial action has now been called off by the EIS, Scotland's biggest teaching union
Stop ‘trading in fatuous soundbites’, Keegan told
Headteachers' leader to urge education secretary to come forward with a pay offer and end the teacher strikes
DfE ‘concern’ over off-site schooling
Government concerned at quality of education at alternative settings outside of schools, ÌÇÐÄVlog has learned
10 MATs lined up to run attendance hubs
Project started by Northern Education Trust set to be rolled out to major multi-academy trusts after call from Gillian Keegan
Free schools ‘won’t solve SEND places crisis’
Special-school leaders question whether the DfE understands the scale of shortage of places after latest announcement
Schools forced to become ‘4th emergency service’
Schools are having to run an unofficial welfare service for pupils, a heads union leader will warn today after a survey shows most heads say local child support services are 'inadequate'
DfE to watch how catch-up cut hits schools
Department will monitor the impact of next year's NTP subsidy drop and share with the Treasury, the permanent secretary said
Oak National signs up Pearson as curriculum partner
News comes ahead of the full list of curriculum providers for Oak National Academy, which ÌÇÐÄVlog understands is expected to be announced next week
Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association votes to accept pay offer
The union will now end its industrial action over pay, while the ballot result for Scotland’s largest union, the EIS, is due tomorrow
School buildings still risky, admits DfE
The DfE's most senior civil servant says there is an 'unknown risk' around older school buildings
Schools’ ‘slow rot’ caused by DfE structure focus
A slip in school standards or safeguarding is 'rarely' the fault of individual heads or teachers, shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said today