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The NAHT has published medical support guidance to help school leaders identify unsafe practices and challenge unreasonable expectations

Legal experts challenge the DfE's decision not to mandate social media checks when schools are recruiting staff, in its updated Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance

Schools in England had the highest daily absence rate so far during the 2025-26 academic year in June, when temperatures reached 37.7C

Suspensions and permanent exclusions have reduced nationally for the first time since the pandemic, but suspensions are up in primary and for pupils with education, health and care plans

The ballot of Unison members follows the union’s rejection of a 3.3 per cent pay offer from council employers

Updated safeguarding guidance has now been published, with schools expected to be fully compliant by 1 September

The Department for Education has engineered 'very little' of a recovery in the teacher workforce, with factors beyond the government's control playing a big part, says EPI

With the DfE planning to introduce AI tutoring tools next year, experts tell an MPs' committee that some tools can leave teachers 'bogged down' with 'low-level' work

Languages are coming ‘under pressure’ from primary school onwards – but the primary experience is key to enthusiasm for languages in secondaries, finds British Council

SEND is an area where rising demand for services is leading to tribunal appeals opening at a faster rate than cases are being resolved, report says

Speaking on a panel with the author of the review into the Neet problem, the former Conservative education secretary says Bridget Phillipson is right in prioritising school readiness

The government is approaching the mid-point of its term in office, so is it making progress on recruitment, behaviour, attendance and its manifesto pledges?

Most schools did not make any changes to the school day to accommodate England's 2am World Cup match against Mexico

An average score of 30.88 was achieved worldwide in the IB Diploma Programme this year, with students in the Middle East having to receive results via coursework and teacher assessment

The EEF has produced a new research-backed toolkit to support inclusive teaching, which highlights the risk of approaches that ‘lower expectations’

The DfE publishes plans setting out its school improvement priorities for all of the nine regions in England

The government’s chief legal adviser, Richard Hermer, speaks exclusively to Tes about citizenship, rule of law teaching and social media

Academy trust sector body tells members it is 'testing the legalities' of the government's plan to limit MAT senior leaders' pay

The call from NEU's Daniel Kebede follows England manager Thomas Tuchel, who told parents to 'write an excuse for school and let children watch' the World Cup match

The DfE has told schools they will need to find the first 1 per cent of next year's teacher pay rise – but this money will be on top of the 'financial headroom' the government claims exists in schools' budgets

Exam board apologises for ‘technical issues’ as government considers cancelling Pearson contract

Pearson Edexcel accepted that during last year's exam series, its questions were 'unreasonably similar' to 2022 A-level maths exams after it repurposed previous contingency papers

Multi-academy trusts will need government approval before advertising chief executive salaries above £174,000, under plans announced today

Officials question schools that closed early last week because of the heat, telling them it is important for as many pupils as possible to attend