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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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Revealed: What the largest trusts paid their CEOs in 2022-23

Tes has analysed the published accounts of more than 50 of the country's largest MATs to break down chief executive pay

Heads’ mental health ‘ravaged’ by Ofsted

Watchdog's 'softening the edges' approach will not be enough to tackle the scale of the problem, warns Headrest UK

Glasgow plans £27.8m cut to education

Over three years the ‘education service reform’ would mean teacher numbers being cut in primaries and secondaries and a reduction in promoted posts

SQA to be hit by strike action over pay

Around 400 staff will strike tomorrow in a dispute over pay that Unite says will have ‘a major impact’ on exams – but the SQA says the union is 'scaremongering'

Weekly round-up: Trust CEO pay and banning phones

This week’s essential education news includes Tes analysis of what the biggest MATs paid their chief executives last year, and new government guidance recommending that schools ban phones

Teachers ‘do the most unpaid overtime’

Two in five teachers have worked extra hours without payment in the past year, TUC study finds

‘Urgent action’ needed to improve post-16 prospects

Stark inequalities in post-16 outcomes across the UK have been revealed by new research – with the problem 'most acute' in Wales

‘Explosion’ in ASN numbers sees schools struggling

More staff and better training urgently needed to help pupils with additional support needs – even coffee shops set the bar higher for mandatory training, Additional Support for Learning Inquiry hears

DfE to miss teacher pay deadline

Delay comes after teaching unions the NEU and NASUWT said they would ballot members for industrial action over teacher pay again this year

New legal duty for schools to report child sexual abuse

Headteachers' leader voices concern about the capacity of social care and the police to help children if there is an increase in referrals

Futura Learning Partnership appoints next CEO

Gary Schlick, current deputy CEO of the 27-school multi-academy trust, will take up the top job in September

De Souza wants to check every school’s approach to phones

The children's commissioner told Commons Education Select Committee MPs today that she would like to get a national picture of how schools restrict mobile use

Business leader exodus a ‘real risk’ for schools

An ASCL poll has found that 50 per cent of school business leaders are considering leaving their role in the next three years

Teachers ‘suffer broken bones’ as pupil violence rises

The increase in violent behaviour in Scottish schools has also left some staff suffering PTSD, warns EIS union

‘Majority of parents’ want all primary pupils to get free meals

The survey findings come after free school meals were extended to every primary school pupil in London for a second year