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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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Fears that pandemic workload is leading to teacher anxiety

NASUWT delegates to debate mental health problems being 'exacerbated' by 'unmanageable workloads' during the Covid crisis

Teaching assistants ‘are the unsung heroes of Covid’

New research shines a light on how teaching assistants stepped up to keep schools functioning during the winter lockdown

Tech trends changing international education

Throughout the pandemic, international schools turned to technology to adapt to the situation as it unfolded. Dan Worth finds out which of these innovations is likely to last long into the future

Covid jabs for pupils suggested by government adviser

Vaccinating pupils could guard against further disruption to their education, says expert

Exclusive: Catch-up ‘could trigger teacher burnout’

'Sustainable approach' needed for catch-up or else schools could 'lose valuable teachers', union leader warns

Race and Ethnic Disparities: What teachers need to know

School resources should be politically neutral, says report

Government launches review into school sexual abuse

Ofsted will investigate safeguarding policies in both state and independent schools, DfE says

Teaching ‘should focus on UK influence during empire’

Report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities will be 'seen by many as an insult', warn headteachers

Discouraging pupils from reporting abuse ‘a disgrace’

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry hears from the head of a boarding school for armed services families

Primary baseline tests to go ahead in September

Schools minister promises to ensure schools 'overall workload demands are managed' as controversial new assessment goes ahead

‘Rape culture’: Children’s tsar wants Ofsted ‘focus’

Dame Rachel de Souza also says there are 'questions to be asked' about Ofsted monitoring private school safeguarding

Exclusion of looked-after pupils ‘to end by 2024’

New care review plan says Scottish schools must 'know and cherish' their care-experienced pupils

Schools plan self-defence and uniform changes for girls

Changes come after the death of Sarah Everard and allegations of a 'rape culture' in a number of private schools

Revealed: New NPQ school leadership training providers

Chosen providers will deliver reformed national professional qualifications from September 2021

Lack of edtech data on helping pupils with disabilities

Evidence review also reveals that many teachers need training on how to use new education technology

Explained: What’s it like to sit a GCSE online?

With online exams a growing possibility, Catherine Lough sits down with AQA to see its on-screen GCSE mock first-hand

Revealed: How online GCSE trials have already begun

All three major exam boards are conducting research working towards a move to online exams, ÌÇÐÄVlog can reveal

IGCSE exams cancelled in Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Nations follow UAE in ending the possibility of exams going ahead, switching instead to school-assessed grades

‘Rape culture’: No need for Ofsted, say private schools

Independent sector leaders say it is 'premature' to conclude there is a systemic safeguarding issue after allegations

DfE summer schools guidance: all teachers need to know

Who are the summer schools for? How will they be staffed? And how many students should attend?

U-turn: Positive school Covid tests need follow-up PCR

Government previously said lateral flow tests taken at school did not require a confirmatory PCR test

Schools told to justify pupil premium spending

DfE to carry out 'monitoring checks' to ensure schools' pupil premium spending is based on 'evidence'

‘Predatory culture’ affects all schools, inquiry told

Singling out boys-only schools on the issue of child abuse is not fair, headmaster tells the Scottish inquiry

Ofsted to help teachers decide which work to ‘omit’

Research reviews will establish 'high-quality education' in each subject and help with catch-up, watchdog says