UK

The latest official data shows a 24 per cent increase in the number of pupils with an education, health and care plan in the past two years

Tes analysis shows entries are down 41 per cent since 2013, with the government accused of showing ‘none of the action required’ to help music flourish

Users of the International English Language Testing System qualification were ‘let down by systemic failures over a long period’, says the regulator

Two trust CEOs say the government’s plan to improve extracurricular opportunities for pupils is welcome – but schools need support for it to have the desired impact

Teachers and policymakers are keen to get more skills into the curriculum, but assessing how well students can learn and apply those skills remains a major obstacle. Jasmine Norden asks the experts about potential solutions

Could knowledge graphs of subject curricula help to improve AI’s ability to generate lessons? Oak National Academy’s John Roberts believes they can

AoBSO chair James McDonald outlines how more early career teachers are now completing their induction at British schools overseas – and why UK schools should welcome this

School leaders’ union calls on the Standards and Testing Agency to abandon its ‘rigid’ approach to marking and reward children for demonstrating understanding

Around half of secondary schools have already produced extra documents to prepare for the new inspections

Students sitting maths exam today only discovered the problem once papers had been opened – now AQA promises to contact schools before results day to ‘explain what we’ve done to make sure no learners are disadvantaged’

Commentators are predicting the dawn of a new era in international school competition in the wake of two Haileybury-branded schools in Kazakhstan switching to the Wellington brand

A union leader representing Ofsted HMIs says that, when considering inclusion, the views of inspectors must not be left out of accountability debates