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The General Teaching Council for Scotland says it is ‘planning to increase the fee on an incremental basis from April 2025’

New ‘disability literacy’ training aimed at schoolteachers is being offered by Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh

Neil O’Brien will serve as a shadow education minister under the new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch

The watchdog’s chief inspector looks back over his first 10 months in the role – and ahead to the new processes he will introduce

Chief education officers at Greenwood Academies Trust tell Tes what they are proudest of, and why they both think Geoff Barton has made a huge difference

It will ‘become much more difficult’ for trusts to support maintained schools that need help without the funding, trust leaders warn

The prominence of learning for sustainability in Scottish teachers’ professional standards is ‘world leading’, so why isn’t more made of this?

The chancellor’s Budget saw a relatively positive outcome for schools. But it may only be putting off problems rather than solving them, writes Sam Freedman

Former inspectors Professor Colin Richards and Frank Norris warn that concerns raised about the watchdog’s governance are at risk of being ignored

The Independent Schools Council is taking legal action against the government after the tax policy on fees was confirmed in yesterday’s Budget

The Treasury also estimates that 3,000 pupils will move into the state sector before the end of the 2024-25 academic year

EIS teaching union calls on education secretary to offer protection to instrumental music tuition, amid concerns over possible reintroduction of charges