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SEND provision in mainstream ‘needs to be investigated’
With Tes analysis revealing a sharp rise in pupils in SEND provision in mainstream schools, sector leaders voice concerns about a lack of oversight, guidance and funding
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Phillipson asks how teacher pay can support more flexibility
It is unlikely the 2025-26 pay award will be announced before maintained schools set their budgets, the education secretary warns – but vows to reset timelines for 2026-27
Most primary teachers would not consider secondary
The perceived barriers to teachers making the move from primary to secondary, including an 'us and them' mentality, have been revealed by DfE research
‘Game-changing’ tech solution sought for Scottish teacher workload
A contract worth up to £650,000 over two years is being offered to the bid that best answers the question, how can technology reduce teacher workload?
Widening access to private schools harder due to ‘challenges’ in sector
HMC chair comments come as the government plans to remove the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools from January
Give LAs more time to address SEND deficits, union says
The NASUWT teaching union calls on the chancellor to relieve some of the pressure on local authorities created by high-needs block deficits
Tories should hang heads in shame over SEND, shadow minister says
Conservative shadow minister accuses his party of not doing enough for children with special educational needs and disabilities when in government
Ofqual warns schools over coursework cyberattack risk
The warning comes as a poll reveals more than four in 10 teachers say their school or college experienced a cyber incident during the last academic year
Heads’ and teachers’ wellbeing in ‘profound crisis’
New data on teacher and headteacher wellbeing, workload, supply teaching and teaching assistants was published today. Here's what you need to know
Violence in schools in focus again after Fife EIS survey
Teachers report growing concerns about abuse from parents on social media amid what the union describes as a 'sustained crisis' of violence and aggression in many schools
Demand soars for ‘emergency’ school improvement cash
Tes investigation also reveals that most multi-academy trusts end up taking on schools they have helped using DfE grant
Delay private school fee VAT charge or lose teachers ‘permanently’
Headteachers' and teachers' leaders have urged ministers to delay implementation of the government's school fee levy to next September, and to carry out an impact assessment
Experienced teacher pay 9% below 2010 levels despite rise
The 5.5% pay rise is 'unlikely' to improve recruitment and retention difficulties, warns the Institute for Fiscal Studies
ASN: ‘We cannot ignore the enormity of the situation’
Scotland should be ashamed of how children with additional support needs are treated in schools, MSPs tell education secretary
School-based nurseries rollout: what we know so far
The education secretary has announced funding for the first phase of its early years provision expansion, but questions remain about staffing and private sector involvement
School inspection in Scotland: ‘Something has been going wrong’
Influential figures in Scottish education call for a truly independent inspectorate to emerge from reforms amid concerns that existing approaches fail to provide a national overview