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More than £45,000 has now been raised to mount a judicial review against the way schools are inspected

Residential outdoor education should be a right and available to everyone, not just those who can afford it, says Martin Davidson

Alastair Campbell talks to Tes to explain why he’s urging Labour Party leadership to make oracy an education manifesto pledge

New guidance on parental engagement in Scotland includes questions schools should ask themselves about how they involve pupils’ families

Government says the dangers of vaping should be raised in health education lessons, and that police school liaison officers will work to keep vapes out of schools

From compulsory redundancies to reductions in promoted posts, mounting cost pressures are making Scottish independent school staff feel increasingly vulnerable

The first national ballot on industrial action in the union’s 150-year history will run from 19 June to 31 July

‘Toughest ever’ DfE funding round saw two-thirds of bids for share of £465 million fund to tackle the most urgent school repair work rejected

Education secretary Gillian Keegan says she is serious about improving Ofsted inspection following a meeting with Julia Waters this week

Strike ballot announced over ‘real-terms pay cut’, with the Association of Educational Psychologists also warning that services are overstretched

This week’s essential education news includes reaction to the STRB’s recommended teacher pay rise, a call for Ofsted to publicly acknowledge its ‘duty of care’ to teachers and one exam board’s apology for a mistake in a GCSE paper

Heads’ and teachers’ unions call on DfE to publish pay review body award and detail whether it will be accepted and funded from September