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The prime minister should apologise to A-level students who miss out on expected grades for ‘refusing to invest in Covid catch-up programmes’ when he was chancellor

Scottish teachers’ professional and personal lives are ‘in turmoil’ due to ‘precarity of employment’, warns EIS boss

Dame Christine Gilbert is named as successor to Sir Peter Lampl as Education Endowment Foundation chair

Delay to adult rollout will not impact pupils, who will be able to receive the vaccine from September at school or a community clinic, says NHS

Schools should consider ways to ‘modify and tailor adjustments’ for pupils with ME and chronic fatigue syndrome, says the government in new plan

This week’s education news round-up includes the secrets of exam-paper processing; fears about next week’s A-level results; and pressure on Ofsted to recognise schools that support pupils in poverty

Parents’ job insecurity during Covid had an impact on children, new research shows – and this is something schools should consider when assessing pupil wellbeing and behaviour, says this deputy head

New analysis on pupil absence shows the need for more investment in mental health teams in schools, says think tank

Survey also finds more than two-thirds of teachers say that they have worked in a school where poor leadership has created a ‘toxic environment’

If the latest workload reduction taskforce really wants to make a difference, it should look at eradicating the pointless tasks that clog up teachers’ working days, explains Sam Sims

In her first in-depth interview, Scotland’s new education secretary, teacher-turned-politician Jenny Gilruth, talks about healing the government’s relationship with teachers following the pay dispute

UK students beat the global average total points