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The cost of school uniforms is one of the most pressing concerns for parents, according to a survey by Parentkind

Parents are not getting the involvement in schools that they are now legally entitled to in Scotland, says head of a national parents’ organisation

Join the Tes News team as they discuss an exclusive interview with Labour’s new shadow schools minister, Catherine McKinnell

Gareth Conyard, joint chief of the Teacher Development Trust and a former civil servant, speaks to Tes about the importance of treating people well and why we shouldn’t expect teachers to be ‘heroes’

Air-quality monitors in schools are essential for the health of pupils and staff, a teaching union will say this weekend

Matt Hancock tells inquiry that government ‘had to pull every lever’ by January 2021, including closing schools, because Covid cases were so high

School staff say phones and tablets are the biggest disruption to learning in secondary – so is it time to ban mobiles?

National Governance Association chief Emma Knights makes the case for school exclusion hearings to be removed from governors’ workloads

Politicians’ plans for more cuts to education spending ignore the harsh reality of how stretched schools’ budgets really are, says this former DfE adviser

In an exclusive interview – her first as shadow schools minister – Catherine McKinnell explains why Labour can’t ‘fix everything overnight’ and how she wants to return ‘the joy of teaching’ to schools

This week’s essential education news includes new data revealing the difficulties in finding enough teachers and reaction to the DfE’s plans to limit teacher strikes

New chief inspector Janie McManus will play a key role in bringing about the new independent inspectorate of education