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Six education plans in limbo post-election

The new government considers ‘next steps’ for controversial RSHE and gender questioning guidance

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Whitehall ‘must not dictate’ teacher training entitlement

Report will interrogate Labour's announcement that it would work with schools to deliver a 'teacher training entitlement' if elected

9 in 10 large MATs expect to grow by 2025

Tes reveals the multi-academy trusts planning to expand, consolidate or halt growth in the next two years

IFS: Schools need £700m more funding next year

To restore purchasing power lost since 2010, schools would need £3.2 billion in extra funding, the think tank warns

DfE urges lower teacher pay rise next year

The government has recommended teacher pay awards return to ‘a more sustainable level’ for 2024-25

Adnodd boss: Good resources will ‘help bring CfW to life’

The right resources will be crucial to helping teachers make a success of the new curriculum, says the chief executive of Wales’ new resources body

Weekly round-up: Teacher pay and absence crackdown

Your essential education news this week includes the government recommending a lower teacher pay rise and schools being forced to share daily attendance data

Teaching assistant pay: Unions call for 10% rise

Pay rise is essential for school support staff battling the cost-of-living crisis, real-terms pay cuts and increasing job stress, say unions

Assessment: Teachers face ‘significant AI burden’

Teachers need more support to identify 'undeclared' use of artificial intelligence in coursework, school and exam leaders warn

Some autistic pupils have to ‘fail’ to get support, MSPs told

Inquiry into additional support for learning hears of families who do not feel that their autistic child is included in mainstream school

NI schools ‘let down’ by new buildings funding withdrawal

Education minister Paul Givan seeks to reassure schools after accusing UK government of 'reneging' on a financial commitment to integrated schools

Speech and language therapists ‘should be in schools’

Speech and language therapists should be working in schools supporting teachers – not in clinics, says the head of the professional body for SLTs in Scotland

‘Increase’ in pupil suspensions and exclusions last term

FFT Education Datalab has issued a warning around the 'additional pressure' the increase could put on alternative provision 

‘Outdated’ facilities are harming learning, warn teachers

Survey findings reflect 'catastrophic underinvestment' in the school estate, according to heads' union

‘Most parents’ back Scotland’s LGBT-inclusive education

Now teaching unions are calling for ‘time, support and resources’ so schools can confidently bring LGBT-inclusive education into the curriculum

Schools must share attendance data from August

DfE confirms statutory measures to combat low attendance, including national framework for parent fines