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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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Teachers’ six-day strike over pensions
Private school staff walk out over Wycliffe College's withdrawal from the Teachers' Pension Scheme
Swinney under fire after second no-confidence vote
Education secretary this time faced a no-confidence vote over his role as deputy first minister
GCSEs 2021: How to give fair teacher-assessed grades
Unconscious bias risks variation in teacher-assessed grades – so we must work together for fairness, says Chris Eyre
Call for deprived areas to develop home-grown teachers
The government's 'tunnel vision' on education is failing disadvantaged communities, the shadow schools minister will warn today
Spielman: Don’t ‘skid across everything’ to catch up
Ofsted chief inspector says schools face 'tough choices' on lost-learning teaching post Covid
‘Insufficient’ focus on school ventilation, say experts
DfE recommendations on keeping schools Covid-secure are only 'helpful up to a point', scientists warn
Exclusive: Hit on pupil premium ‘offsets’ catch-up cash
DfE 'attack' on pupil premium 'more than offsets' catch-up cash, 15 local authorities tell education secretary
MSPs demand more time in school for secondary students
Scotland's first minister criticised over the limited return to school buildings for secondary students next week
No MFL bursary boost despite teacher shortage
DfE won't reverse 'dramatic cuts' to bursaries – even after MFL teachers were placed on shortage occupations list
MAT spent £2.3m on severance and redundancy payouts
One individual was paid £32,000 in major restructuring at Academies Enterprise Trust, accounts reveal
GCSEs 2021: Language teachers upset at DfE ‘blind spot’
Teachers of ‘community languages’ in supplementary schools not allowed to award grades for second year running
How does it feel to be a shielding teacher right now?
I feel lonely and jealous – and like I've dropped my colleagues in the middle of a mess, says Heidi Drake
New move for school starting age to be raised to 7
'Historic change' would pave way for 'truly play-based education', under plans to be considered by Scottish Parliament
Catch-up our ‘biggest national challenge’, says Johnson
Prime minister says 'remediating' the damage done to education by Covid-19 is greatest challenge for UK
Revealed: The reality of social distancing for teachers
Teachers post real pictures of their classrooms after parts of the media portray distanced desks and Perspex screens
Masks ‘not mandatory due to student anxiety’
Minister gives reason for advisory stance on masks in classrooms, which critics warn will result in 'anarchy'
Williamson looking at longer day and shorter holidays
Education secretary says 'transformative' catch-up plan may mean an extended school day or a five-term year
What do pupils think about Covid catch-up priorities?
Ask teenagers about catch-up and you may get very different ideas to those that have been grabbing attention, says Olivia Drennan
Every teacher ‘should have a guaranteed job’
Education recovery after Covid will require 'more in-class support', say the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Exclusive: School openings ‘not safe’ in third of areas
58 local authorities still have Covid infection rates judged 'unsafe' for all pupils to return by a prominent group of scientists
Teachers struggle with parents’ consent on Covid tests
School leader survey finds most heads feel government's classroom masks policy lacks clarity
IGCSEs: Past performance to be used to calculate grades
'Benchmark' schools' teacher-assessed grades to be used to calculate the threshold standards for exam grading this year
Teachers hit out at ‘dialogue’ with Swinney event date
Event scheduled to take place at 4.15pm on first day of the week when all pupils are due back in school buildings
Ofqual expects 2020 grades pressure means staff will go
Exams regulator says continued pressure over the next year may mean more departures