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Former NEU leader and ex-children’s commissioner made life peers
Mary Bousted and Anne Longfield become Labour peers, while free speech campaigner and free-school founder Toby Young is made a peer by the Conservatives
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DfE recommends 2.8% teacher pay rise for 2025-26
The Department for Education has published its evidence to the STRB
Ofsted to review use of AI in schools
The watchdog will ask how schools are monitoring ‘intended and unintended impacts' of artificial intelligence and look at the role of leaders in embedding its use
Early years funding: all you need to know
The government has announced an uplift to the early years pupil premium and higher funding rates for 2025-26
Gilruth vows to increase teacher numbers under new deal with councils
Councils to get extra £69m to restore teacher numbers to 2023 levels – pupil learning hours will also be frozen and teachers' non-class contact time ‘rapidly’ progressed
Literacy and numeracy attainment remains steady in Scotland
Most primary and secondary pupils are hitting the expected level or better for their age and stage in literacy and numeracy, with Scottish government highlighting marginal gains
High rates of persistent pupil absence in Scottish schools
School attendance data shows slight improvement in persistent absence rates, but they remain at high levels compared with pre-Covid years
Number of teachers in Scottish primaries drops by over 600 in a year
Teacher numbers fell in 26 of Scotland’s 32 councils between 2023 and 2024 – with just 13 per cent of new primary teachers securing a permanent job by September
Oak independent review delayed until next year
The review into Oak National Academy was originally expected to conclude by September 2024, but is now expected in 'early 2025'
Early years pupil premium rising by 45%
Government also announces a £75 million expansion fund for extra early education places and staff
SEND: Deficits to reach ‘absurd’ £8bn without reform
Increasing specialist provision in mainstream schools will be costly and require 'massive change', warns Institute of Fiscal Studies
‘Good progress’ on teacher pension delays, says schools minister
Catherine McKinnell tells MPs that work is under way to recalculate teachers' pensions, as delays prompt a law firm to investigate a potential group claim.
The reasons Scottish teachers give for leaving the profession
GTCS research over a 19-month period looks at why thousands of teachers did not renew their registration
MAT Tracker regional deep dive: West Midlands
Tes examines the outlook for the academies sector in the West Midlands, as part of our MAT Tracker series delving into regional movements and trends
‘Excessive workload’ pushes teachers to switch into support roles
Findings suggest many qualified teachers are working as TAs, but the notion they'll get an 'easy ride' is 'well wide of the mark', warns union leader
Heads’ legal challenge against special-school redesignation
Headteachers of special schools in Kent have asked lawyers to assess the case for a judicial review against council plans to change SEND provision at a group of schools