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Government wants to train 4,000 student teachers next year, yet many new primary teachers can’t get permanent jobs and secondary courses are drastically undersubscribed

The DfE must issue extra funding to help some schools fund any teacher pay rise for 2024-25 or risk redundancies and reduced provision, prominent MAT leaders have warned

In seven years at the helm of the ASCL, Geoff Barton has been one of education’s most prominent figureheads – but now, embarking on a new challenge, he tells Tes that he sees himself very differently to his public image

The number of schools having to cut teachers and teaching assistants because of funding difficulties has been branded ‘disgraceful’

While the pause to Progress 8 is welcome, there are things schools need to be wary of, argues Tom Middlehurst

This week’s essential education news includes Capita losing the contract to run Sats and a warning about high absence among this year’s GCSE students

The number of permanent exclusions has risen by more than one-third year on year, DfE figures show

DfE data shows a rise in overall absence and pupils persistently absent last term compared with spring 2022-23

The way schools are funded is fundamentally broken – it’s time to put it right, says Samuel Skerritt of the Confederation of School Trusts

Watchdog calls on government to urgently update RE teaching guidance and warns ‘significant’ number of schools are not meeting statutory duty

But children ‘always’ want to talk about education – and ensuring they are heard on reform will be an early focus, says Scottish children’s commissioner

Education secretary defends Scottish curriculum, a day after Tes Scotland reports on research concerns over a ‘lack of clarity’ in CfE