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Heads’ leaders say measures only ‘scratch the surface’ and need more investment to be effective

Report raises fears about new teachers’ workload under the Early Career Framework and concerns about the framework repeating content from initial teacher training

The watchdog’s national director for education says ‘outstanding’ schools are on ‘tenterhooks’ since the pandemic, with no idea when they will be inspected

Baroness Barran says ministers are concerned about the ‘burden’ of introducing Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts on top of school-level inspections

Education secretary grilled in Parliament after violent incident in secondary school, but insists that such cases are ‘not the norm’

‘I do not recognise the picture he paints,’ says Scotland’s education secretary after scathing assessment by outgoing children’s commissioner Bruce Adamson

As England moves up to fourth in Pirls for primary reading, Tim Oates explains why the outcome is proof that education policies can have a real impact if implemented correctly

The country has risen from joint eighth to fourth out of 43 countries in the Pirls international education reading study

Education secretary calls on NEU teaching union to refer itself to UK statistics watchdog amid row over whether teacher pay offer is ‘fully funded’

Data obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats shows hundreds of schools reported deficits in 2021-22, with the total amounting to more than £5.5 million

Teachers persistently mispronouncing a student’s name can make the child feel undervalued, says Gideon Hammond, who has come up with a simple initiative to help

Two union strike ballots open today, with school leaders being asked whether they support strike action over both pay and inspection