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Maths learning needs a complete shake-up to boost teacher recruitment and achieve better numeracy levels, school policy experts warn prime minister ahead of ‘maths to 18’ plan announcement

Flu and Covid cases are expected to rise, while ‘high numbers’ of scarlet fever infections are being reported, says health chief

Don’t miss your round-up of Tes’ must-read news and analysis from the past week, including the education secretary’s appeal to teachers not to strike over pay and how the digital divide is impacting on vulnerable pupils

All secondaries should be required to teach about contemporary antisemitism, urges government adviser Lord Mann

Nick Brook will quit the NAHT in March and join social mobility charity Speakers for Schools

High court gives go-ahead for challenge after law change allowing agency workers to cover teachers on strike

Nearly 10,000 pupils logged into remote learning sites this morning as many schools were forced to close their doors

Don’t miss your round-up of Tes’ must-read news and analysis from the past week, including what schools need to know about strep A, the demise of the Schools Bill and our exclusive interview with Nick Gibb

Headteachers should contact their local health protection team if there is an outbreak of two or more linked scarlet fever cases within 10 days

Teachers avoid ‘tricky questions’ in relationship and sex education lessons due to ‘lack of confidence’, report finds

The tragic deaths of schoolchildren from complications caused by invasive group A strep (iGAS) have put schools on red alert. Dan Worth talks to experts to find out what’s going on and what schools can do to try and keep their pupils safe

Work experience can have a powerful impact on young people’s ambitions but not every student gets the same careers opportunities at their school. Headteachers can take the lead in levelling the playing field, says Nick Soar