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Coalition of teaching and school leader unions says schools would need an extra £4.5 billion a year to restore funding to 2010 levels

The Reception Baseline Assessment contradicts the government's own screen-time guidance for young children, says letter to education secretary

Schools are advised that progress scores will not be affected, but heads voice fears about 'additional stress and workload'

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School leaders are struggling to respond to the rapid growth of AI, Commons Education Select Committee told

The international schools group has acquired St Andrews International School campuses from Cognita – with CEO Angelina Tee promising ‘more to come’

Helping teachers become physics specialists could be around eight times less expensive than increasing trainee bursaries, analysis finds

Schools warned against entering potentially decades-long private financing agreements

NASUWT urges the government to increase education spending to at least 6 per cent of GDP, saying that schools will be forced to cut jobs

DfE hails ‘strong' results for England in international tests, but makes the case for change

The removal of Penta, which carried out more than half of British Schools Overseas inspections, puts the two remaining inspectorates under pressure – but they say they are ready

Tes looks at which coastal areas could follow Hastings and Scarborough in the government's school improvement scheme

Suella Braverman also tells Tes the party favours Michaela-style behaviour rules, alongside plans to mandate hymns and flags in schools

Ministers told their plans could be undermined by a shortage of experts, teacher burnout and parental backlash

After last month's A-level results showed a continued widening of the regional divide in attainment, Tes looks at how local authorities in some parts of the country have seen a drop in grades since before the pandemic

Schools need support to understand different factors behind exclusions – with disadvantage, SEND and students’ relationships all linked, study says

Two years on from the decision to scrap headline Ofsted inspection judgements, Tes examines what difference this has made to schools and leaders

A Tes investigation exposes the extent to which schools rely on funding for disadvantaged pupils to support children's most basic needs and fund core staffing

Prime minister announces crackdown on schools that 'pressure' parents into buying branded school uniform

After the education secretary's suggestion that brand new GCSE-level qualifications may be created for flagship technical routes policy, school leaders warn of need for extra funding and training

Many believe Andy Burnham’s flagship education policy of new 'technical routes' shows the right ambition. But if specialist staff and funding are in short supply, it risks harming the subjects it seeks to promote, the CEO of a leading technical education charity tells Tes in an exclusive interview

Lords committee says the government needs to learn lessons from the funding impact of falling rolls in primary schools to avoid the same problems happening in secondary

MPs hear experts' concerns about the volume of changes about to hit schools, as well as fears that new technical qualifications could be seen as 'lower-status'