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As new National Crime Agency guidance warns parents against posting images of their children online, Teacher Tapp research reveals most schools show pictures of pupils on public platforms

Resources developed by Oak National Academy aim to help schools teach the revised RSHE curriculum, which comes into force in September

Athena Learning Trust’s nine schools will transfer to other organisations after trustees acknowledge a ‘clear need for change’

Data showing that one in 20 inspection activities resulted in a complaint has been published in the watchdog’s annual report and accounts for 2025-26

Despite recent high-profile problems with traditional pen-and-paper exams, the CEO of England’s biggest exam board tells Tes that there should be more urgency in introducing on-screen assessment

Teachers and leaders to be polled on action as findings reveal anger over next year's 3.5 per cent pay award

Exam board's managing director, in an exclusive Tes interview, says that despite a complaint being upheld by Ofqual and pressure from Tories, it cannot award marks for 'incorrect answers'

DfE consulting on plans to give schools more upfront funding for SEND provision, but also raise the £6,000 per pupil threshold for applying for top-up cash

Patrick Wall will lead the Ark Schools multi-academy trust and Katie Oliver will be CEO of the organisation's charitable arm

DfE announces delay to the sports partnership network that will replace the PE and sport premium, but says primary schools will receive more transitional funding

Negotiations come amid growing industrial action by the teaching union, with school leaders telling Tes that disputes have left them feeling 'distressed' and 'exploited'

Tes analysis reveals a big increase in Ofsted monitoring inspections, prompting warnings about school leaders' wellbeing and inspector workload

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?