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Union leader says Ucas decision to change personal statement requirements looks like 'a step towards a simplified, fairer application process'

In response to a report revealing the dire financial situation for Scottish local authorities, one council leader predicts job losses in education

Scottish Labour says students from ‘ordinary families and an average school’ are being locked out of university courses

Ninety per cent of members who voted were in favour of strike action, but the 42 per cent turnout failed to meet the legal threshold for walkouts

New DfE data shows pupil absence rates hit 14.3 per cent across all schools at the end of last term, largely due to illness

The investigation will examine links between persistent absence and factors such as economic disadvantage and SEND

London Councils group warns the government that falling pupil numbers will 'put further pressure' on school budgets

Opposition attempt to create a new select committee to investigate independent school tax breaks fails

Despite the teacher strike over pay closing secondary schools across Scotland today, heads say schools had plenty of time to reschedule preliminary exams

Special school pupils could be housed temporarily in unfilled primary schools as DfE looks at ways to use space left vacant by falling pupil rolls

NASBTT executive director Emma Hollis talks to ÌÇÐÄVlog about the importance of staying humble and the increasing pressure the education sector is facing

Labour plans to force a vote in Parliament on the creation of a new committee to look at the 'fair taxation of schools and education standards'

'Dog's breakfast' legislation 'flies in the face of long-held civil liberties', say teaching union leaders

Exams system to come under scrutiny by MPs in attempt to influence political parties' manifestos

Schools' energy bills could be tens of thousands higher than they would have been if the previous government support scheme had continued, school leaders warn

Universal free school meals were supposed to be in place in primary by August 2022 – but the pledge won’t even be fully realised two years after that

But no decision made on whether ESS broke Competition Act law by adding new clause to contracts for school informational management systems

'Inadequate' schools have twice as many pupils who had been permanently excluded than those rated 'outstanding', finds analysis

Teaching unions say they were left with no alternative but to go out on strike this week, but there are 'some grounds for optimism'

The government has announced another year of help for schools, but only those with the most expensive bills will receive support

Strike action will also take place on Wednesday after no new teacher pay offer was tabled

Unions set to hold more talks with DfE over pay but one leader said they have heard nothing to dissuade them from taking industrial action

The final report of the independent Hayward review of qualifications and assessment in Scotland has been delayed to ensure ‘meaningful engagement’

Union leaders to meet education secretary Gillian Keegan today amid looming threat of strikes in schools over pay