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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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Legislation to end compulsory daily worship proposed
Requirement to carry out daily acts of worship 'simply not appropriate for diverse, multi-belief society', say humanists
Sturgeon: We won’t have another qualifications fiasco
First minister reveals she has been involved in discussions over the SQA qualifications process this week
Revealed: What teachers think of Ofsted inspections
Watchdog outlines the views of the first wave of schools to be assessed by its curriculum focussed inspection framework
Schools to be inspected on 2019 exams data, says Ofsted
Inspectors will look at 2019 assessments in future – but Ofsted admits this approach is not ideal
Exclusive: Ofqual questions comparability of 2022 GCSEs
'Calling a grade the same thing is potentially misleading' if you radically change the standard, Ofqual chair tells ÌÇÐÄVlog
Violence and abuse of teachers ‘becoming normalised’
Restorative behaviour approaches criticised by union, which says violence against teachers is often unchallenged
Schools’ pupil premium Covid ‘double whammy’
Councils estimate that the pupil premium funding change will leave a £118m 'black hole' in school budgets
Tories reveal new team of shadow education ministers
Leader Douglas Ross says his shadow cabinet will provide ‘Scotland’s real alternative to the SNP’
Boarding pupils failed by decades of ‘systemic failure’
Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry hears that school housemasters ruled 'fiefdoms' without any oversight
Revealed: what parents really think about Ofsted
The watchdog has published its latest annual parents' survey. Here are the key findings
Exclusive: Ofsted’s Sean Harford to leave watchdog
High-profile national director of education is set to leave his role at the inspectorate at the end of August
‘End the scandal of temporary contracts in education’
Teaching union tells new education secretary that Covid recovery requires more teachers on permanent contracts
Schools’ handling of Covid backed by 90% of parents
Ofsted’s annual parents survey finds nine in ten think that their child’s school has handled the pandemic well
Teacher grading ‘influenced by students’ personality’
Students perceived as more 'agreeable or conscientious' may be awarded higher grades, study of teacher assessment finds
Target teacher pay to stop post-Covid exodus, DfE told
Government pay policies and a recovering economy could lead to more teachers quitting, warns report
Heads’ growing ‘fears’ over recycled Covid cash
Nearly a third of education fund has been sourced from underspends or existing budgets, IFS finds
Lockdown lack of play harmed young pupils, parents say
Charity calls on government to put development and wellbeing of pre-school children at heart of education recovery plan
New junior education ministers announced
Shirley-Anne Somerville was appointed as Scotland's education and skills secretary earlier today
Scaling up ‘a challenge’, admits national tutor scheme
Schools can use wider catch-up funding to employ their own tutors, says NTP leader
Ofqual: More exam tech change on the way
Watchdog says exam boards embracing 'greater use of technology', as catch-up tsar calls online assessment 'the future'
DfE’s ‘levelling up’ plan: all teachers need to know
How the government plans to grow multi-academy trusts and expand reach of the Opportunity Areas programme
Extended school day could bring teachers flexi working
Flexible working is one of 'big parts' of the profession that need to be modernised, Outwood Grange chief executive tells MPs
GCSEs 2022: Ofqual to consult on making exams ‘fair’
Watchdog will seek views on making the 2022 GCSE and A-level exams fair following learning loss owing to the pandemic
Shirley-Anne Somerville is new education secretary
John Swinney’s successor will have no time to draw breath amid concerns over SQA assessment