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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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How Sir Martyn Oliver plans to fix Ofsted

In his first interview since starting his role as chief inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver details how he plans to tackle the multiple challenges Ofsted is facing – starting by delaying the return of routine inspections

Sir Martyn Oliver: Who is Ofsted’s new chief inspector?

The former Outwood Grange Academies Trust CEO has replaced Amanda Spielman as the head of the schools inspectorate

Ruth Miskin appointed Dame in New Year Honours

Academy trust CEOs, heads and teachers among the appointees in the King's New Year Honours list

Maths teacher extraordinaire appointed MBE

Chris Smith's passion for maths has worldwide reach beyond his state school in the Ayrshire town of Kilmarnock

Call to reverse ‘deep cuts’ to education in Scotland

Amid disappointment over a lack of new ideas for education in this month's Scottish Budget, campaigners aim to step up their drive for more money and resources

Progress on National Digital Academy branded ‘pitiful’

Proposed National Digital Academy aimed to help people study for Highers ‘any time, any place’, but doubts cast over scheme's progress

Ofsted reform: DfE should end two-RI inspection ‘cliff edge’

An Institute for Government report also calls on new chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver to issue a comprehensive response to the Ruth Perry inquest findings

More than 1,000 Scottish schools lack life-saving defibrillators

Importance of defibrillators in schools 'cannot be overemphasised', say Scottish Conservatives as they highlight 'deeply alarming' data

EIS calls for free school meals for all pupils

Christmas holidays underline the argument for universal free school meals, says Scotland's biggest teaching union

Half of state school teachers work with homeless pupils

Children affected by homelessness are also coming to school tired and hungry, a survey finds

Teacher pay body warned to ‘assert its independence’

Unions tell teacher pay body not to feel 'constrained' after Gillian Keegan asks it to take financial pressures into account in recommending pay rise for 2024-25

British Sign Language GCSE set to launch in 2025

The Department of Education has announced the new BSL qualification after the consultation was delayed twice

Williamson: 2021 school closures were ‘wrong’

Shutting schools in January 2021 was a 'panic decision' and against the best interests of pupils, the former education secretary tells Covid inquiry

Ofsted inspections ‘untenable’ until February, say unions

School inspections by the watchdog should cease until the government and Ofsted have published the plan requested by Ruth Perry coroner, say heads' leaders

Ministers urged to bring down Camhs waiting times

Labour analysis claims 270,000 young people waited longer than three months to be seen or had their referrals closed