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Controversial plans to save money by reducing time pupils spend in school are shelved, in same week as Scottish government said councils had agreed to freeze learning hours

Sir Ian told MPs that he will stand down from his role as chair of Oak National Academy 'when practical to do so' if he is appointed as Ofqual chief regulator

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Department for Education has published its evidence to the STRB

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

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

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

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

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

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