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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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New ‘lead teacher’ posts to be introduced in August

But union boss says plans have been ‘watered down’, citing lack of leadership and funding

Tough online law ‘needed to fight pupil harassment’

Tech companies must be compelled to do more to protect pupils under new online harms law, says NSPCC

‘This is the same shambles as 2020 - just more sleekit’

First minister Nicola Sturgeon faces accusations that a second grading crisis is looming in Scotland

Is teacher judgement of grades really being trusted?

ÌÇÐÄVlog Scotland reporter Emma Seith picks apart some of the recent spin about SQA assessment in 2021

Teaching job interviews: how to withdraw on the day

If you go to a teacher job interview and feel that the role just isn't for you, what should do?

‘Huge increase’ in need for pupil mental health support

EIS president calls for better support for pupils who have suffered grief, loss, domestic abuse and hunger

Train teachers on sex abuse on Inset days, schools told

Headteachers should dedicate one of their staff training days to focus on dealing with sexual abuse and harassment among pupils

Sex harassment: School inspections ‘not robust enough’

Independent Schools Inspectorate to share data on schools failing standards with the DfE from September

Assume sexual harassment is in your school, heads told

Nearly 9 in 10 girls say they or their peers are sent unwanted explicit imagery they did not want to see 'a lot' or 'sometimes'

Exclusive: Boys’ sexual misconduct not down to teachers

Most people believe parents, not teachers, should be held accountable for sexual harassment by boys, poll shows

Gibb: ‘We’ve done all possible to protect education’

Schools minister tells MPs that more cash will follow £1.4bn catch-up funding package announced last week

Legal victory hands schools more pupil premium cash

More money now available for children with 'no recourse to public funds' who were granted free school meals during Covid crisis

Heads to lead up to 8 schools under cost-cutting plans

Headteachers would be responsible for children from preschool to upper secondary under council's plan

Somerville: If a teacher gives you an A, you get an A

No one is coming to overrule a teacher's judgement of a student's grade, says education secretary

Judy Murray: I want my sons to leave a schools legacy

Lack of tennis courts should not deter state schools from playing tennis, says top coach

Bring back face masks in class now, teachers demand

Schools with 'poor ventilation' should also be helped amid spread of Delta variant, government told

Former Ofsted boss returns to school as interim head

Sir Michael Wilshaw takes over as interim head of Jewish comprehensive school in north-west London

GCSEs 2021: Cut appeals with transparency, schools told

Exam board guidance tells schools to be open with students about the evidence used to determine GCSE and A-level grades

Sturgeon: Teen vaccines could prevent school disruption

Vaccination could be 'important way of giving children greater protection', says first minister

‘Lack of Covid guidance puts pregnant teachers at risk’

Government guidance is vague and outdated – so how can pregnant teachers protect themselves, asks Victoria Addis

A third of secondary students off in virus hotspot

Heads describe stats showing national school attendance down to 88 per cent in the week before half-term as 'worrying'

Banned: Teacher who had sex with student

Teacher had 'inappropriate relationship' with youth band member, including buying her a sex toy

Catch-up: ‘Did the right man resign?’ Williamson asked

Education secretary faced gasps and groans from MPs as he defended the Department for Education's school catch-up plan in Parliament today

Banned: ‘Excessively tactile’ teacher who hugged pupils

A teacher who admitted to being in the habit of hugging students has been banned from the profession for two years