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The 2024 process and pay award announcement faced delays as a result of the general election in July

Pressures on schools highlighted after government data shows surge in suspensions and permanent exclusions

The DfE’s new regional improvement offer will include the deployment of school resource management advisers

Tom Campbell of E-ACT highlights ‘heartbreaking’ decline in donations from local businesses and charities as schools face rising challenges

Ofqual chief says we are likely to see the digitisation of exams happening ‘incrementally’ rather than in a ‘big bang’

Watchdog director also says new inspection framework may focus more on ‘statutory outcomes’ and that defining inclusion is ‘very tricky’

The multiplication tables check and phonics screening check are ‘unnecessary’, the NAHT tells the government’s review of curriculum and assessment

Increase in challenging behaviour from children and parents is impacting teachers’ mental health and wellbeing, charity warns

Opposition politicians blame the Scottish government, saying the drop in public satisfaction is a ‘damning indictment of the SNP’s record on schools’

But former Ofsted chief backs a return to inspecting teaching as a separate category in school inspections

Councils ‘baulked’ at putting in place safety measures in schools during the pandemic because of ‘the potential costs’, teaching union boss tells Scottish Covid Inquiry

Teachers felt their lives – and those of their families – mattered less than political and economic considerations, EIS boss tells Covid inquiry