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Sexual harm is rising in schools - but is there enough resource to tackle it?
As a ÌÇÐÄVlog investigation highlights the increase in sexual violence and sexual harassment in schools, experts call for more training and support to respond to the problem
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GCSEs 2021: Teachers frustrated by grades guidance wait
Heads say they are 'up against the wire' over guidance for giving grades, as Easter holidays loom
ITT review: Newer teachers may not be ‘right’ mentors
Chair of DfE's ITT market review questions whether providers are sufficiently 'incentivised' to support mentors
‘Varied’ success in attempts to bridge attainment gap
Report on five years of the Scottish Attainment Challenge finds that, on some measures, the gap has widened
Diversity in teaching report: key messages
Schools must be more proactive in countering the racism that still exists in education, says landmark report
Revealed: How teacher happiness dropped during pandemic
Teachers experienced low points in life satisfaction in spring and autumn last year, research shows
GCSEs and A levels: Lack of DfE plan a ‘gaping hole’
Freedom of information request reveals DfE had no plan for assessing students when GCSE and A-level exams were cancelled
Prolonged teacher pay freeze risks supply ‘challenge’
Pay restraint beyond 2021-22 could lead to 'increasingly uncompetitive' profession, NFER report warns
Exclusive: Ofsted may grade some schools next term
Watchdog is looking at whether it can carry out graded inspections of schools that want to demonstrate they have improved next term
Geoff Barton to serve second term as ASCL leader
Former headteacher Geoff Barton can now continue to lead the Association of School and College Leaders until 2027
Exclusive: Less than 10 parent-triggered Ofsted probes
Tiny fraction of remote learning complaints led to Ofsted visits after promise watchdog would enforce DfE expectations
Almost 300 unregistered teachers in independent schools
Separate evidence suggests explanation could be 'eccentricities' in how teaching qualifications are recognised
Abolish ‘repressive’ schools uniforms, ministers told
Pupils should be free to 'find their own style', which is 'itself an important part of education', peer argues
Pushback against pressure on schools to handle appeals
EIS teaching union accuses the SQA of favouring appeals run by schools and colleges
Full SEND area Ofsted inspections to return from June
Watchdog will start revisiting areas where its last inspections sparked 'significant concerns' about SEND from April
Investigation: ‘Come clean’ on funding gap, DfE told
ÌÇÐÄVlog obtains councils' first details of missing pupil premium millions. But government still hasn't said how much poorest pupils will lose
Exclusive: GCSEs 2021 - huge learning loss revealed
Exam board study finds A-level and GCSE exam-year students in a third of schools have missed most of their courses
School PFI contract end may spark ‘serious disruption’
Government must prepare for end of hundreds of PFI contracts to avoid huge costs when buildings are handed back, say MPs
Average teacher pension drops by 10% since 2000
'Cuts to pension have gone too far,' union warns, as National Audit Office report reveals long-term cuts
‘Postcode lottery’ in SEND support, report reveals
Covid-19 crisis makes it more likely pupils with special needs are not being identified, a think-tank report warns
Academies ‘identifying fewer pupils with SEND’
Pupils twice as likely to be identified with special educational needs in maintained schools compared with academies
Extremely vulnerable staff can return to work in April
Guidance for staff is updated as government pauses shielding
Teachers working in supermarkets ‘to make ends meet’
First minister under fire over the 'thousands and thousands of teachers' unable to find permanent work
Banned: Teacher who ‘invented’ assessment marks
A teacher has been banned for a minimum of three years after being found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct
GCSEs 2021 grade inflation ‘will be unsustainable’
Ofqual chair says rise in GCSE results this summer would erode value of qualifications if it was repeated year on year