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Government rejects plan to make more pupils eligible for free school lunches

Heads are concerned that pupils moving between stages are ill equipped socially and academically for secondary school – and Sats data will not help assess pupil ability

Education secretary gets rough ride after failing to offer assurances that additional 90 minutes will be for preparation and planning

Four-day working would make a 'huge difference' to teachers' health and wellbeing, hears Scotland's biggest teaching union

Ballot by public sector workers' union Unison will include thousands of school and nursery staff

EIS general secretary also bemoans worsening of qualifications system, in his final address to an annual meeting

A new DfE service will encourage teachers from all countries to apply for qualified teacher status in England

Teachers in the Western Isles have signalled they are prepared to strike over remote-learning plans – we chart the fallout

Education secretary to issue new guidance on long Covid, as unions say teachers should get up to 12 months of full-paid leave if diagnosed with the condition

DfE announces plan for 75 new free schools and sixth forms – but school leaders warn these must not just be for the 'lucky few'

The Schools White Paper said the new group will intervene where trusts 'are not providing the excellent education' the DfE expects

Appeal for further government support for Ukrainian children fleeing the war comes as new data suggests that a 'sizeable' number are not in school

EIS AGM will also hear violence is rising because pupils are being ‘corralled into inappropriate learning environments'

New DfE workforce data showing teacher retention levels may not reflect a 'post-pandemic world', researcher warns

The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals has risen again, now standing at 22.5 per cent, new DfE census data reveals

50 schools from across the globe have been shortlisted for the World's Best School Prizes

Research revealing how much money parents owe for school meals sparks urgent plea for the extension of free school meals amid the cost-of-living crisis

Physics teachers are worried that the research findings could put some students off studying their subject

The app is designed to teach children about Covid and other respiratory viruses and how people’s immune systems protect them

But the late offer of more flexible ways to use the National Tutoring Programme has been questioned by a teaching union

Weekly payment aims to help more than 100,000 pupils affected by poverty

But Scottish bosses continue to lament the lack of life experience and poor attitude of some school leavers

The DfE says it hopes the National Funding Formula for schools will be fully implemented within five years

Schools are not getting vital funding for disadvantaged pupils because the figures used to share out the Pupil Equity Fund are out of date, experts warn