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Heads’ leader raises concern about safeguarding and subject inspections under current framework

Heads’ leaders set out plan to reform ‘punitive’ inspection system, which they warn is exacerbating the school recruitment and retention crisis

NAHT issues legal advice to members including what to do if non-NEU member staff don’t want to cross picket lines and the use of volunteers to cover lessons

Nicola Sturgeon says ‘violence is never acceptable’ after hearing of attack on a girl at secondary school

Don’t miss your round-up of Tes’ must-read news and analysis from the past week, including the announcement of teacher strikes and what this industrial action will mean for individual teachers and schools

As Glasgow considers cutting 800 teaching jobs and 100 support staff, there are angry exchanges at First Minister’s Questions over teacher numbers

Ofsted review of complaints policy likely to result in a top official being involved earlier – but heads’ leaders warn this does not go far enough

Trusts are spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on back pay owed to staff after a legal ruling – but may no longer need to following a government review, say lawyers

Councils say they are being told to use cash earmarked for additional teachers and support staff to fund the 2021-22 teacher pay award

‘Heartbreaking’ education budget cuts in Northern Ireland would hit the most vulnerable children hardest, says children’s commissioner

Teaching union boss calls second meeting with education secretary Gillian Keegan ‘cordial’ but ‘disappointing’

Taking learning from one situation and applying it to another isn’t an easy task, but with the right planning it’s possible to train our brains for transfer, argue Cathy Rogers and Michael Thomas