This week’s essential education news includes school support staff voting on a strike, teachers taking industrial action over workload, and the DfE planning to reboot teacher recruitment

However, half of schools on the Nuffield Early Language Intervention were not able to finish the programme because of staff time and capacity issues, finds report

The DfE's language hubs are aimed at helping to improve take-up of Spanish, French and German

Moving to a new school can lead to 'low points' for teachers when they think about getting out of the profession, new research shows

The first exam diet to be overseen by Scotland’s new qualifications body will be in 2026 – but only if all goes to plan, says SQA boss

Leaders' union cautions against using the role to add extra safeguarding 'burdens' onto schools

Schools are having to make substantial cuts because of extra financial pressures in the cost-of-living crisis, new NFER research warns

The Commons Education Select Committee heard concerns from subject experts today in its ongoing inquiry into teacher recruitment and retention

Survey highlights the difficulties faced by schools in spotting the collapse-prone concrete, as DfE admits it has doubts over some school checks

Unions say they have secured better pay and guarantees over pension contributions for teachers at Hutchesons' Grammar School

The watchdog says it will not schedule inspections at schools on the Department for Education's list of settings with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete confirmed

Union representing teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisors, caretakers and admin staff could launch walkouts over pay from November

New DfE figures reveal how different groups of pupils performed in this year's key stage 2 Sats, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with SEND

England's secondary school teachers saw their pay fall by 3% in real terms between 2015 to 2022, report finds

Teacher and school leader union leaders warn of a 'vicious cycle' of under-recruitment