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New research shows that those eligible for free school meals have poorer educational outcomes in affluent areas compared with more deprived ones

Top-rated primary schools almost twice as likely to be downgraded than secondaries after ‘outstanding’ inspection exemption lifted

The teacher recruitment challenges that schools face – and the effects that these can have on quality of education – have been laid bare by new NFER research

Exclusive: heads’ union had asked the DfE to consider dropping the requirement for schools to top up catch-up tutoring funding

Scotland’s biggest teachers’ union has set out the timeline it is working to, including the last moment the government could table a fresh pay offer

At the Schools and Academies Show last week a panel of sector heavyweights debated whether the plan for all schools to be in an academy trust by 2030 is realistic – and how school leaders can be convinced to make the move

Academics and teachers have so much to learn from each other, write Jessie Ricketts and Megan Dixon as they explore what makes for a successful collaboration

Sam Freedman breaks down the reality of the Budget and explains why, although it will help schools avoid some difficult decisions, it still leaves an uncertain future for all elements of the education sector

Lionel Messi and teachers share an ability to inspire and a passion for constant learning, says a schoolteacher who has closely analysed the Argentinian star

The gender pay gap for secondary school leaders has jumped by 37 per cent in a year, new analysis shows

A teacher vacancy service has recorded a record 100,000 teaching post adverts so far this year

Union to issue ‘consultative ballot’ on industrial action vote as ‘schools have faced a decade of real-terms cuts’ and teacher pay deal that is both ‘inadequate’ and ‘unaffordable’