Leaders voice concerns about school meal contracts tied into PFI deals after one head apologises to parents for 'completely unacceptable' food

Teaching unions voice fears about draft transgender guidance in their submissions to the government's consultation

Former 'catch-up tsar' Sir Kevan Collins warns of a 'strange pattern' of high-performing schools not reflecting local communities

Union representing Ofsted HMI has today written to Gillian Keegan after comments she made at the annual ASCL conference

New Audit Office report on child poverty in Northern Ireland shows attainment gap at school starts early and remains wide in the years to come

Education minister describes it as 'unacceptable' that teachers have been waiting three years for a pay increase

NAHT says creative subjects are being 'squeezed out' as senior politicians from both political parties call for a broader curriculum

Major consultation on the future of inspection contains 'worrying' omission, warns alternative providers’ leader

'Top-down' education reforms have a poor track record and Scotland's school staff should be entrusted with key decisions, advises expert analysis

Ofsted has told MPs that calls for inspection reform need to be considered alongside the watchdog's budget constraints

What schools can do to attract younger teachers amid a recruitment crisis, according to one expert

The shadow education secretary was speaking at the ASCL conference in Liverpool this morning

Geoff Barton uses last speech as ASCL leader to highlight the 'shocking' state of school buildings, along with the need for a curriculum review and better funding

Schools and inspectors should show 'professionalism, courtesy, empathy and respect', says Ofsted chief in response to education secretary's comments

Recruiting teachers from other countries that need them, 'morally' doesn't 'feel like the right thing for us to be doing', says ASCL general secretary