The education secretary says the move will 'broaden the pipeline' of recruits into the profession

Measures will require councils in England to promote regular school attendance

DfE names providers that will be delivering the new Sendco national professional qualification from autumn this year

The government, launching plans to tackle staffing problems in early years, has been accused of lacking 'an effective workforce strategy'

Coalition guide calls on schools to only engage with parents of a gender-questioning child 'with explicit consent' of the young person

Exam pressure and too much teaching to the test could be responsible for rising maths anxiety, says expert assessing figures obtained by Tes Scotland

The new CEO of Oasis Community Learning came up through the trust services route, not the school route. He tells Matilda Martin why he thinks more leaders with this background would be good news for the sector

CST says 'complex debate' needed on the fairness of rules over register removals after Astrea says not all schools follow legal advice

Ofsted inspectors have to undergo new training on understanding small schools before being able to inspect settings with 150 or fewer pupils

Unite says strikes in February and other industrial action stretching into exams season will have 'major impact', but SQA accuses union of 'scaremongering'

Jenny Gilruth has been told ‘teachers are struggling’ and need the government to deliver on its 2021 pledge to cut class contact time by 90 minutes a week

This week’s essential education news includes the NEU's plan to win support for teacher strike action and a major change to training and early career frameworks

ASCL questions how the government can measure secondary school student progress without a baseline from primary

AP is being used as a stopgap for shortcomings and a lack of places in the SEND system, major report warns

Jennifer Barker will join Ormiston Academies Trust from the charity Ambition Institute