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DfE sets out £800m SEND teacher development contracts

The government’s spending plans could include the creation of national SEND CPD programmes, with contracts expected to be awarded to providers next year

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Rising SEND costs will ‘wipe out’ school savings, IFS warns

Any savings that schools could hope to make as a result of a falling pupil population will be swallowed up by higher high-needs spending, says influential think tank

Schools bill is ‘educational vandalism’, say Tories

The bill puts the benefits enjoyed by more than 20,000 teachers at risk, according to a Conservative Party analysis of ÌÇÐÄVlog MAT Tracker data

7 things Sir Martyn Oliver told MPs on Ofsted reforms

Ofsted chief gives Commons committee an overview of what he believes the new school inspection report cards should cover

IB ‘unannounced visits’ to stop time-zone exam cheating

International Baccalaureate plans monitoring visits to ensure that schools apply its rule of post-exam supervision to stop answers being shared online

‘Less vital’ curriculum areas to be ‘combed back’, says Francis

The lead on the government's review of curriculum and assessment also expresses frustration that it can't fully consider emerging digital technologies that are still relatively 'untested'

10 ways to ‘future proof’ Scottish education

The Royal Society of Edinburgh publishes a wish list of changes for Scotland's schools system, saying an 'optimal' model of education could be achieved by 2050

Final round of trust growth funding falls £18m short of requests

The last tranche of money given to MATs under the now-defunct Trust Capacity Fund has been revealed in new DfE figures

Teachers are owed millions in overpaid tax, says EIS

The union is calling on the UK government to repay the tax 'as a matter of urgency' following an impasse lasting ‘many months’

MPs to quiz Ofsted chief over school inspection reform

Sir Martyn Oliver will appear before a Commons committee to answer questions on everything from the introduction of inspection report cards to inspectors' subject knowledge

Rise in pupils needing severe mental health crisis support

Increase comes after the previous government's rollout of mental health professionals to schools was criticised for being too slow

EIS demands ‘fair deal’ for Scotland’s teachers in 2025

Too many teachers new to the profession – most of them women – face 'real difficulty' finding work in Scotland’s schools, says country's biggest teaching union

3 ways AI can have the biggest impact in schools

Planning, tutoring and assessment are the areas where artificial intelligence offers most promise in education, says Cognita's group chief education officer

New Year Honours: Nick Gibb among education leaders recognised

Former schools minister Nick Gibb has been knighted and ex-union leader Geoff Barton appointed CBE in New Year Honours list

‘Consortia arrangements’ between Scottish schools increase

More students are having to access lessons in other schools as part of consortia arrangements to ensure that they can take their preferred subjects

Music a ‘soft target’ for education budget cuts

'Pay to play’ culture around music education condemned by Scotland's biggest teaching union, amid prospect of cuts to instrumental tuition

Education directors’ body ADES names new general secretary

Sheena Devlin, who will take over from Michael Wood in January, brings many years of experience and has 'huge respect' among colleagues

Ofsted trials will test new inspection toolkits

Watchdog's school inspection trials are set to run for several weeks in volunteer schools but the findings will not be published

Gender-based violence scheme ‘needs to reach more schools’

Programme to tackle gender-based violence runs in only a third of secondaries, but Scottish government insists it is addressing 'deeply concerning' rise of misogynistic behaviour in schools

Legal claim against private school VAT hits High Court

Families are seeking to take the government to the High Court over 20 per cent tax on private school fees, supported by the Independent Schools Council

EIS to ballot over strike action in Glasgow

Union demands reversal of teacher job cuts by end of the year as it points to extra funding for local authorities in this month's Scottish Budget

Former NEU leader and ex-children’s commissioner made life peers

Mary Bousted and Anne Longfield become Labour peers, while free speech campaigner and free-school founder Toby Young is made a peer by the Conservatives

Teachers and students sought to shape Scotland’s new qualifications body

With Qualifications Scotland due to replace the SQA in late 2025, 'partnership panels' aim to give teachers and students a bigger say over the new body's priorities

Starmer: SEND reform will be done ‘as urgently as possible’

Prime minister is warned that councils' SEND spending deficits could result in 'an avalanche' of local authorities declaring effective bankruptcy

School’s legal challenge against double RI academy order

Primary school is taking legal advice in an attempt to stop the DfE pushing ahead with its forced academisation under a policy that the government is dropping in the new year