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Ministers urged to attend crunch talks to avoid Oak legal action
Government talks with BESA and other bodies bringing a judicial review over Oak National Academy have not yet found a way to halt the legal action, Tes understands
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Rise in illness absence due to anxiety
School leaders have called for the government to redouble efforts to address growing pupil mental health problem since pandemic
Heads ‘deflated’ after DfE funding email error
The Department for Education has apologised to several academy trusts after mistakenly telling them they were eligible to apply for a school building fund
DfE strike plan ‘a hostile attack’ on teachers’ rights
Unions react with anger after Gillian Keegan warns that the DfE could introduce minimum service levels for schools to curb strike disruption
Breaking: Keegan urges unions to engage over minimum service levels
Education secretary has told unions DfE will introduce minimum service levels in schools if voluntary agreement is not reached
CST appoints Sir Hamid Patel as chair
Star Academies chief takes on role after serving on the Confederation of School Trusts board since September 2019
Scottish teachers are ‘overworked and underpaid’, EIS tells UN
The union says ‘national action’ is needed on teacher workload, lack of preparation time and pay restoration
10 questions with... John Camp
The new ASCL president tells Tes how his own school experience has driven his career and underpins his philosophy of 'ambitious and optimistic education for all'
3 in 4 Reception teachers find baseline test ‘unhelpful’
Only a tiny minority of teachers think the Reception Baseline Assessment provides accurate information, a poll finds
NTP improved progress but only when led by schools
Review of the second year of the National Tutoring Programme shows that only 35 per cent of Year 11 students selected were from disadvantaged backgrounds
Keegan: ‘Fortune’ spent on ‘lose-lose’ SEND situation
Education secretary Gillian Keegan describes SEND as being in a 'lose-lose-lose situation' with the Treasury, councils and service users all dissatisfied
Sharp rise in severe pupil absence and unauthorised holiday
The number of pupils missing 50 per cent or more sessions in the autumn and spring terms last year was up by a quarter on 2021-22, new figures show
Primary pupil numbers to plummet by 410k in five years
Decreasing pupil numbers are already beginning to impact school budgets, warns union leader
‘No end in sight’ to RAAC saga, warns union leader
The DfE confirms 43 more schools with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete as Labour brands the situation a 'shambles'
Weekly round-up: New KS4 data and online GCSEs
This week’s essential education news includes new key stage 4 performance data revealing a bigger disadvantage gap, one exam board's plan to take GCSEs online, and a 'hostile attack' on teachers' rights
214 schools now confirmed to have RAAC
Twelve schools found to contain the potentially dangerous concrete are still having to provide a mix of face-to-face and remote learning