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Insiders say watchdog’s expert subject leads are now focused mainly on routine school inspection and that Ofsted’s big curriculum unit project has ‘gone’

Teacher Tapp survey results show government crackdown on short weeks was an ‘unnecessary distraction’, say headteachers’ leaders

Figures analysed for Tes show the ‘difficult choices’ facing trusts and schools owing to ‘government underfunding’

A Commons Education Select Committee report into teacher shortages also calls on government to monitor the amount of flexible working schools offer

The proportion of pupils at independent schools has fallen slightly, the Independent Schools Council report shows

A prominent SNP MSP thinks the fast-track teacher-training programme is a ‘potential solution’ to Scotland’s teacher recruitment and retention problems

New proposals specifying age limits for when certain topics cannot be taught in either primary or secondary settings may require schools to rethink their curricula

Technologist Conrad Wolfram posits an overhaul of how we teach maths, arguing for a syllabus that integrates computation and AI

Schools told not to teach pupils any form of sex education until Year 5 and prevented from teaching the ‘concept of gender identity’ to all students

However, most teachers say they feel safe in school, according to a survey for the Youth Endowment Fund

DfE guidance includes additions on pay gap reporting and music development plans, and removes mention of the pandemic’s impact on assessments

The Scottish government has come under fire over its ‘abject failure’ to prioritise education – and was today told ‘fewer teachers will take us backwards’