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Tes analysis shows schools can cut the time GCSE students spend in exams, a current government and Ofqual priority – although leaders are cautioning against shifting the responsibility to schools

Heads tell Tes they were unable to access the online portal, as the site for KS2 attendance figures – which has replaced paper registers – was ‘experiencing a technical issue’

Teacher support and pupil mentoring will be made available through Mission Coastal and Mission North East from this September

The union’s general secretary Daniel Kebede hits back after education secretary calls ballot threat ‘massively premature’

New DfE-convened regional partnerships will be expected to provide ‘formalised oversight’ of progress against school improvement priorities

‘Bizarre’ government proposals risk lumping together pupils with vastly different needs, and stripping out mental health support, leaders tell Tes

Schools are increasingly being forced to make ‘trade-offs’ on staffing, class sizes and levels of support because of squeezed funding, report warns

Less than half of governors think their school’s resources, including reserves, should be shared across their trust, finds National Governance Association

As headship aspiration reaches a record low, Tes explores what’s deterring people from taking the top job

Schools will have less than a term to prepare the new enrichment entitlements before Ofsted inspects them, with sector leaders warning this is a ‘recipe for heightening stress’

Heads vote for union to consider all steps up to and including industrial action over any below-inflation three-year pay deal

High-stakes accountability ‘just doesn’t work’, says Sinéad Mc Brearty, who chairs the NAHT advisory panel on the Ofsted framework