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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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Unions: Workload pressures at ‘crisis point’

In joint evidence to School Teachers' Review Body, education unions also call for reverse to real-terms pay cuts

Are special schools being left out of the mainstream inclusion push?

National efforts to make schools more inclusive risk ignoring the huge amount of expertise in the specialist sector, say headteachers

Research: No evidence ability grouping harms disadvantaged pupils’ outcomes

ÌÇÐÄVlogt scores, confidence or enjoyment of subjects do not suffer as a result of setting or streaming, researchers suggest

Unions warn Phillipson 2.8% pay rise would derail recruitment plans

The increase would be ‘a real-terms pay cut’ and undermine the government's target to recruit 6,500 teachers, a letter from four main education unions tells education secretary

Five things we learned from the 2024 exams

Malpractice reports were down in this year's exam series, but incidents with an impact on exam delivery showed an increase

Rise in number of GCSE and A-level grades challenged

Ofqual data shows a jump in grades being challenged but only 1.2% of overall grades were actually changed

FMQs: Tories attack Swinney over ‘collapse of discipline’ in Scottish schools

Opposition parties make education the focus of First Minister's Questions, after week of concerns over teacher numbers and rising numbers of pupils with ASN

Big rise in children missing education, DfE data shows

Meanwhile, separate DfE statistics show a sharp increase in children who are in elective home education

One in seven local authority schools in deficit, data shows

The income that schools generate themselves is now at its highest since the current form of records began

EEF: ChatGPT cuts lesson planning by nearly a third

The saved time did not come at the expense of quality, independent evaluation finds

Having 9 GCSE grades ‘reduces reliability’, says MAT CEO

Curriculum and assessment review could set target of ensuring parents can compare school performance on 'any measure', says United Learning boss Sir Jon Coles

GTCS confirms rise in teachers’ annual registration fees

Series of rises in GTCS registration fees will amount to a 35% increase on the current level by 2027

SQA data suggests falling levels of trust among school staff

SQA highlights improvements across most measures, but admits there's 'work to be done' in 'resetting' relationships with teachers as it prepares to change into Qualifications Scotland

Investigation into suspected illegal collusion on school repair bids

The Competition and Markets Authority says it has reason to suspect some companies colluded to 'rig bids' for the Condition Improvement Fund

Most secondary teachers uninterested in AI, research finds

Survey shows majority of secondary school teachers are not using AI tools for learning and assessment, amid calls for more training and guidance

DfE recommends 2.8% teacher pay rise for 2025-26

The Department for Education has published its evidence to the STRB

Ofsted to review use of AI in schools

The watchdog will ask how schools are monitoring ‘intended and unintended impacts' of artificial intelligence and look at the role of leaders in embedding its use

Early years funding: all you need to know

The government has announced an uplift to the early years pupil premium and higher funding rates for 2025-26

Gilruth vows to increase teacher numbers under new deal with councils

Councils to get extra £69m to restore teacher numbers to 2023 levels – pupil learning hours will also be frozen and teachers' non-class contact time ‘rapidly’ progressed

Literacy and numeracy attainment remains steady in Scotland

Most primary and secondary pupils are hitting the expected level or better for their age and stage in literacy and numeracy, with Scottish government highlighting marginal gains

High rates of persistent pupil absence in Scottish schools

School attendance data shows slight improvement in persistent absence rates, but they remain at high levels compared with pre-Covid years

Number of teachers in Scottish primaries drops by over 600 in a year

Teacher numbers fell in 26 of Scotland’s 32 councils between 2023 and 2024 – with just 13 per cent of new primary teachers securing a permanent job by September

Oak independent review delayed until next year

The review into Oak National Academy was originally expected to conclude by September 2024, but is now expected in 'early 2025'

Early years pupil premium rising by 45%

Government also announces a £75 million expansion fund for extra early education places and staff