Guidance

A new report highlighting ways to tackle pupil absence reveals ‘significant’ differences in the thresholds that trigger support across Scotland

Report sets out how government advisers want academy trusts to improve the management of their school estates

Almost a third of senior leaders have not heard of the Department for Education’s workload toolkit, new research suggests

Schools move to remote learning across southern regions as severe weather warnings remain in place across the region

Consider ‘visual impact’, avoid playing fields and four other instructions for schools installing temporary buildings due to RAAC

Local authorities will today receive details of funding aimed at boosting school-based wraparound care

This week’s essential education news includes new key stage 4 performance data revealing a bigger disadvantage gap, one exam board’s plan to take GCSEs online, and a ‘hostile attack’ on teachers’ rights

The Cycling World Championships, held recently in Scotland, showed what schools can gain from getting pupils and staff on their bikes, says Paul Hamilton

This week’s essential education news includes a warning that teaching is becoming a ‘military tour of duty’, Sunak’s plan for a new qualification and worries about MAT finances

Schools are advised to alert the police immediately, but not initiate a lockdown unless told to or if there is an immediate physical threat

This week’s essential education news and analysis includes why KCSIE is letting pupils and teachers down, MPs calling for a ‘major’ mental health plan to tackle the attendance crisis, plus schools see a rise in Covid absences

Schools warn Ofsted that a lack of funding is affecting careers provision