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If the education secretary really believes in the worth of Sats, then why is he removing them as a trigger for intervention in primary schools?

It’s that time of the year again when teachers’ concerns suddenly make a lot of national headlines. Yes, the Easter teaching union conferences are upon us. Here’s everything you need to know.

The Pisa rankings hysteria has started filtering down to schools and it needs to stop, writes William Stewart.

Ministers call on Pisa to communicate better and not act as education’s rating agency

What will Ofsted do if it is struggling to get the grading profile it has promised schools right first time? Revise report grades? Ask inspectors to start going easy? Is there a plan B at all? William Stewart investigates

Ofsted’s failure to admit the link between results and home background is damaging schools, warns William Stewart