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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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Archbishop scheme bids to help students ‘disagree well’
The Archbishop of Canterbury is to launch a programme to help secondary school students navigate a 'polarised world'
Schools wanted for ChatGPT teacher workload trial
EEF kicks off trial to see if ChatGPT can cut teachers' working hours but heads' leaders question focus on just one generative AI tool
MPs call for ‘realistic’ plan for SEND funding shortfall
Government should review the EHCP system and consider reforms to make the SEND support system sustainable, says MPs' report
NEU: Teacher anger must be ‘ramped up’ for strike ballot
Biggest teaching union plans to 'agitate' on teacher pay later this year
How much has been spent reviewing Scottish education?
There has been a ‘plethora’ of reviews of Scottish education in recent years – but how much have they cost?
Covid inquiry: Schools shut despite ‘unclear evidence’
John Swinney gives evidence to Covid inquiry, which hears that alternatives to closing Scottish school buildings in March 2020 were not considered
Estyn: ‘Shadow of Covid’ continues to loom over Welsh schools
Attendance, implementation of the new curriculum, teacher recruitment and progress in literacy and numeracy all causing concern in Welsh chief inspector’s annual report
‘Invisible glass ceiling’ blocks teachers of colour
NFER research recommends four ways the government could encourage more diversity in teaching and school leadership
Call for mandatory autism training for teachers
Conservative MP introduces parliamentary bill, saying training for teachers would help the early diagnosis of autism
Wales to introduce vocational GCSEs
It is hoped the new brand of qualification – which will be called VCSEs and will replace existing vocational qualifications such as Btecs – will improve parity of esteem
Early career and trainee teachers to share updated framework
Combined framework will set out how teachers should be trained in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support, oracy and mental health
Widening HE access ‘not squeezing people out’, says commissioner
Professor John McKendrick’s first annual report also says progress widening access to university in Scotland has ‘stalled’ despite a record number of students from deprived backgrounds securing places in 2021-22
Leaders ‘must retain’ right to strike over Ofsted ‘danger’
School leaders' union warns unions will have no choice but to take industrial action if government fails to remedy 'neglect and underinvestment'
Ofsted must ‘ensure inspectors have expertise’
Cross-bench MPs’ committee is calling on the watchdog to 'rebuild trust' and 'make major changes to school inspections'
Call for CEO pay limits in major shake-up of the school system
Academies and maintained schools should be replaced by a single system run by school boards, says think tank