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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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Alison Peacock: School improvement drive has ‘almost gone too far’

Some teachers feel as though they have to 'follow a script' due to the pressures of the accountability system, the teachers' leader warned

Competition investigation into SIMS provider ESS closes

The Competition and Markets Authority ends its investigation into school information management provider ESS after ruling that 'intervention is no longer needed'

Warning over autumn term surge in measles cases

Nationwide vaccination campaign aims to avoid a repeat of last year's autumn measles outbreak among pupils

Teachers ‘must be at the heart’ of child poverty taskforce

Nearly three in 10 teachers personally provided food to pupils in the summer term because they were concerned for their welfare, poll shows

Schools ‘need crucial guidance’ after summer riots

DfE urged to publish guidance 'swiftly' ahead of the new school term next week to 'help tackle the very real risk of division entering the school gates'

Attainment and school attendance down for looked-after children

Rate of exclusions among looked-after pupils has also increased for the first time in 12 years, and is almost six times the overall rate

DfE: AI to help teachers plan lessons and mark homework

The government is investing £4 million to pool documents such as lesson plans and assessments that can be used to train artificial intelligence tools

Empathy lessons could lead to positive behaviour changes

Analysis supported by Cambridge University’s Faculty of Education showed a positive impact on pupils’ behaviour after one term of empathy lessons

Don’t rush ‘biggest inspection change in decades’, heads warn

Ofsted's single-word inspection judgements should be scrapped immediately but a replacement system needs to have the confidence of teachers, says union

‘Entitlement’ to languages met by falling number of Scottish schools

Just 61 per cent offer second language as researchers point to growing number of schools allowing students to opt out of languages at the end of S2

Ex-Ofsted chief joins international schools group

Amanda Spielman is appointed by GEMS Education to chair its academic council, a new body bringing together 'world-class experts in various aspects of school education'

Deadline set for teacher pay offer in Scotland

Formal dispute will be declared if 'meaningful' pay offer is not made to teachers within 10 days, as only previous offer is described as 'completely lacking in credibility'

GCSEs 2024: Teachers’ efforts hindered by anxiety and absence

Schools continue to face long-lasting impacts of the pandemic, including worsening mental health and high absence, leaders warn

IB unveils new exam rules to tackle time zone cheating

It has designed measures to stop time zone differences from being exploited to share exam content and will be introduced for the November exams

Ofqual chief: GCSE students’ anxiety ‘not exam-specific issue’

Chief regulator Sir Ian Bauckham also says we must 'absolutely focus' on tackling regional attainment gaps revealed in today's GCSE results

GCSE results 2024: how did each subject perform?

Grade levels have remained broadly similar to 2023, with slight increases in some subject areas

GCSE results 2024: English and maths pass rate down

This morning's GCSE results also show a widening of the gap between top grades being achieved in state and private schools

Education directors criticise plans to inspect councils

Council chiefs say the decision was made with no discussion, and bodes ill for the future of the new independent inspectorate in Scotland

‘Urgently improve support’ for pupils in kinship care

Almost half of kinship carers reported that the adverse experiences of the child in their care have negatively impacted on that child's ability to cope in education

Heads’ concern over GCSE exam impact on student mental health

School leaders say survey acts as 'stark reminder' that the last government's exam reforms 'have had unintended and detrimental consequences on our young people'

Cognita expands Middle East schools footprint

New addition joins eight schools in the Middle East as part of the global group of 100 schools in 16 countries

Wilshaw: ‘Abandon’ the idea of inspecting individual schools

Ofsted cannot inspect every school in the system reliably, says former chief inspector

EPI: Schools need guidance for pupils with multiple suspensions

Impact of suspensions called into question as students removed from the classroom are more than twice as likely to fail to achieve a level 3 qualification, research finds

Improve support for school transition, says charity

Students in secondary school 'never quite regain the happiness levels of their primary school days', warns Children's Society wellbeing report