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The number of school trips overseas has fallen amid rising costs and concerns about the environment and equal access, with some parts of Scotland ruling them out for now. So, is the school trip abroad an experience worth saving?

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Your round-up of Tes’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes details of the government’s long-awaited plan to reform SEND support, reaction to regional teacher strikes and a warning about the value of Ofsted inspections

Job evaluation could be a way of tackling the three huge issues fuelling the teacher recruitment and retention crisis – workload, low pay and long hours, says Yvonne Williams

On National School Governors’ Awareness Day, the CEO of the charity Governors for Schools explains why increasing the diversity of school governors in terms of age, race and background is so important

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Your round-up of Tes’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes the government’s recommendation for teacher pay next year, an attempt to halt next week’s strikes and a new teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates

Despite ‘genuine commitment’ to dialogue during Nicola Sturgeon’s tenure, the teacher pay dispute leaves her education legacy with a ‘sour’ taste, says former EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan

An MP on the Commons Education Select Committee explains why he’s calling on the government to scrap VAT on school uniform in the forthcoming Budget

As edtech becomes ever more integral to school operations, the danger of some settings falling behind the curve risks creating another gap in education that will leave vast swathes of pupils and teachers at a disadvantage, writes Ed Fairfield

There was a change of tone from the government in this week’s teacher pay talks, says ASCL leader Geoff Barton – but without a concrete offer, it’s hard to imagine future strikes will be averted

Your round-up of Tes’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes growing frustration over the government’s stance on teacher pay; ways to support students’ mental health; and how thousands of teachers are entitled to claim back student loans money