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DfE tells schools to go beyond ‘not seen, not heard’ phone policies

The government is set to further strengthen its phone guidance, but school leaders warn extra funding will be needed for latest crackdown

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Labour plans curriculum reform that prizes ‘skills as well as knowledge’

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says we need a curriculum that 'values and nurtures creativity alongside academic success'

GCSEs: AQA swaps English literature texts to boost diversity

The exam board has cut three texts, including Alan Bennett's 'The History Boys', to make way for works that 'better reflect modern Britain'

Bids for new schools in Wales will form ‘blueprint’ for future

Welsh government will fund two new schools that must be low on energy and water consumption

Labour pledges fully funded breakfast clubs in all primary schools

Policy to be funded by reinstating 45 per cent income tax bracket, shadow education secretary to announce

Schools lose thousands shielding pupils from rising meal prices

Heads keen to ensure that struggling families can afford school meals amid a rise in catering prices are having to make cuts elsewhere in their stretched budgets

Kelly Tolhurst named schools and childhood minister in final DfE line-up

Schools standards minister Jonathan Gullis, Andrea Jenkyns and Baroness Barran form the rest of Kit Malthouse's team

Oak is ‘a betrayal’ of teachers, warns union leader

Union boss issues scathing attack on relaunched Oak National Academy, calling it a 'vanity project' that will worsen teacher shortages

Geoff Barton to stand down as ASCL general secretary in 2024

Union leader was re-elected unopposed for a second term last year

The case for teaching metacognition in primary school

Telling pupils to ‘work hard’ is not enough – they need to be taught effective learning strategies early, says metacognition expert

NTP: Malthouse warned of attainment gap ‘travesty’

Exclusive: Government told that 'urgent' action is needed to ensure that its flagship catch-up scheme retains its 'core focus' on disadvantaged pupils

School leader pay ‘down 24%’ since 2010

Leaders feel 'demoralised, undervalued' and unable to provide the education that pupils need due to cost pressures, unions warn

Education bosses condemn racist comments on teacher CPD sessions

Education Scotland 'will not tolerate' the type of comments made about Scottish Learning Festival sessions on antiracism

Secondary teacher trainees 40% below government target

Physics, computing, English and biology are facing particular problems, new data shows

Sats 2022: Fears wrong results data may go to Ofsted

School leaders have reported issues accessing the Department for Education's KS2 assessment results checking service

SQA staff accept pay offer, says union

Scottish Qualifications Authority staff 'overwhelmingly' agree new pay deal, after they took unprecedented strike action

Covid: One third of 12- to 15-year-olds still unvaccinated

New ONS data also shows less than half of students on free school meals have received at least one vaccine dose

Almost twice as many schools struggling to recruit teachers in 2022

School governor survey also reveals less than a third feel their school is a financially sustainable position

Mini Budget: Ministers accused of thinking education ‘unimportant’

Union leaders also slammed 'unnecessary' plans in mini Budget to require them to put pay offers to a member vote before proposing strike action

‘I will deliver Scottish education reform,’ vows Somerville

The education secretary's comments follow accusations that she has been duped into letting 'failed organisations' lead their own overhaul

Investigation: The ‘big question’ looming over DfE MATs target

Exclusive: Single-academy trusts are more than twice as likely to be rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted than schools in multi-academy trusts, ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis shows

Gibb: Ofsted should mark down schools with low EBacc take-up

Exclusive: Former schools minister suggests schools should not be rated 'good' on quality of education if their EBacc take-up is below the national average

Ofsted: Small primaries five times more likely to be ‘inadequate’

Exclusive: Findings show need for Ofsted to ensure inspection framework is 'proportionate' and 'fair', say school leaders

Pay rise not enough to tackle teacher ‘crisis’, say unions

Joint statement from education unions also criticises late timing of proposed teacher pay offer

AQA dispute: Most staff accept new pay framework

The move comes after strikes were carried out by exam board staff during the summer