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General secretary Daniel Kebede, speaking ahead of his union’s annual conference, warns that Reform is pushing ‘divisive messages’ – while Reform says ‘unions are driving down standards’

Nigel Minns becomes East Midlands regional director for the school improvement programme after serving as a director of children’s services for eight years

Shake-up of Teacher Induction Scheme must include consigning the term ‘probationer’ to the past, says General Teaching Council for Scotland

Schools told of legal responsibility to dispose of vapes and lithium batteries safely in new government guidance that also addresses other substances and their use in schools

An increased focus on inclusion and cost means some schools are revising their uniform policies. But teachers are divided and leaders are less convinced of the need for change, exclusive polling reveals

Teachers will need at least a 7 per cent increase over three years to keep pace with other professions, says National Foundation for Educational Research

School staff are also concerned about a lack of parent support on reading, research shows, while heads warn reading for pleasure has been ‘squeezed out of the curriculum’

A now-defunct government programme for ‘gifted and talented’ students could have ‘inadvertently reinforced educational inequalities’, say researchers – but they still want to see the idea revived

Sexism and misogyny are also now ‘in plain sight’, says ASCL general secretary after research highlights school leaders’ concerns

Inspectors recruited under the scheme will not get an inspection fee, with Ofsted instead contributing to their employers’ costs

Jonny Uttley is moving on from the 12-academy trust after six years as CEO and 15 years at the MAT

The government’s SEND plans involve thousands of pupils being taught in new ‘inclusion bases’ - but many school sites don’t have space to create them, say leaders