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CST deputy CEO Steve Rollett takes a page from the history books to consider how revolutionary the end of Ofsted’s one-word judgements is – and what comes next

The chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable explains how the tide has turned against single-word Ofsted judgements, and why today’s decision is a ‘champagne moment’

In today’s Tes Daily newsletter, editor Jon Severs offers his view on why we need to interrogate the DfE’s decision to scrap single-word overall grades more deeply

Writing exclusively for Tes, Professor Becky Francis explains how she will approach leading the curriculum and assessment review

A lawyer explains the updated government regulations relating to unauthorised pupil absences

New report claims attainment gap in Scotland has ‘narrowed in nine measures’ – we take a look at the figures

With a new school year about to begin, here are the key revisions to safeguarding guidance that leaders need to know

In his new book Exam Nation, head Sammy Wright argues that we need to refocus arguments about exclusions on getting the right balance of approach and improving coverage of alternative provision

The ongoing fallout after a Scottish local authority badly underestimated future demand for places in a new primary school was set out today in an Accounts Commission report

The trust system does not have to cause anxiety for headteachers outside that system, argues Alice Edgington as she explains why she has become a convert to being part of a family of schools

New national advice on mobile phones in Scottish schools has put common sense ahead of one-size-fits-all rules, says this secondary head

The interim chief executive of Education Scotland shares what she has discovered in her ongoing challenge to visit every Scottish local authority by the end of 2024