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7 things Sir Martyn Oliver told MPs on Ofsted reforms

Ofsted chief gives Commons committee an overview of what he believes the new school inspection report cards should cover

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Last chance to get it right on teacher numbers, warns EIS

Next week's Scottish Budget will decide whether key education policies succeed, states the EIS in a letter seeking assurances from the first minister and the finance secretary

3,500 schools ‘too isolated’ to attract top leaders

School leaders tend to operate in connected 'communities' – leaving thousands of schools missing out on leadership expertise, research warns

Government ignored teachers on SEND training, MPs told

Inclusive teaching for pupils with SEND should not just be an 'add-on' to training and development, warns union

‘Ruffle some feathers,’ Wilshaw tells Scottish inspectorate

The schools’ inspectorate should speak ‘truth to power’, former Ofsted chief inspector tells conference on the future of inspection in Scotland

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Curriculum and assessment review: schools sector has its say

In response to the review's call for evidence, sector organisations recommend changes to assessments and the scrapping of performance measures

Ombudsman wants to close SEND ‘accountability gap’ in schools

Local government ombudsman wants powers to investigate exclusions and how EHCPs are implemented in schools

One in 10 new teachers suffers bullying or discrimination

Experienced teachers need to be given the 'time and capacity' to give more support to new entrants to the profession, says Scotland's teaching watchdog

ASCL calls for GCSEs to be spread over two years

Curriculum and assessment review submission sees union call for new literacy and numeracy assessments

How teacher training could make or break the DfE inclusion plan

The government wants more pupils with SEND to be supported in mainstream schools, but most teachers say their training did not equip them to meet these children's needs

AQA says curriculum must be ‘updated and slimmed down’

Exam board also talks up high-stakes end-of-year exams as a way of assessing students efficiently and fairly

Behaviour got worse during hubs programme, say pupils

Schools with high levels of deprivation benefitted more from the government's behaviour hubs scheme, official evaluation shows

Four providers awarded contracts to deliver ECF

Best Practice Network – one of the current providers of the Early Career Framework – has not been awarded a new contract, Tes understands

Headship turnover may be ‘accelerated’ by VAT on private school fees

Independent schools could also 'struggle' with teacher pay as a result of the tax, sector leaders tell the Schools and Academies Show

DfE aims to announce 2025 teacher pay award in April

The 2024 process and pay award announcement faced delays as a result of the general election in July