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The education committee launches an inquiry to find out how screen time affects pupils’ education and wellbeing

These practical steps will help make learners more curious, says Jamie Thom, a teacher educator in Scotland

If long-term education change is to happen then funding needs to go where it is needed most

School buildings in half of Scotland’s local authorities have been found to contain RAAC, the potentially dangerous building material

The next Ofsted chief inspector’s covering letter for the job offers some compelling insights into how he may lead the organisation forward and how that could impact schools nationwide

Read the next Ofsted chief inspector’s supporting statement, which sets out his aims and ambitions for the role

Join the Tes News team as they discuss the story that has stolen the headlines this week – and why leaders fear that wider problems with school buildings could now be neglected

Commons Education Select Committee supports appointment of MAT CEO Sir Martyn Oliver as Ofsted’s next chief inspector by a vote of four to one

Updated government guidance advises schools with closed buildings to discuss help with costs of transport and renting temporary accommodation with caseworkers and the ESFA

Unions warn that schools waiting for surveyors need DfE answers on whether their buildings are dangerous

School support staff are set to stage three days of strike action across Scotland towards the end of September

One MAT executive told Tes it’s “patching and mending [schools] constantly” as its repairs bill is forecast to cost double its capital funding