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Ever since Liz Truss came to power, rumours of the return of grammar schools have bubbled up – but the political reality is it’s highly unlikely ever to come to fruition, as Sam Freedman explains

Twelve staff and parent organisations have written to the prime minister to warn that further budget cuts will inevitably mean the loss of teachers and support staff

Data gaps mean the government doesn’t know if the National Tutoring Programme is reaching all pupils who need it, report warns

Report says ‘powerful new task force’ needed to address Gaelic teacher shortage – which is set to get ‘significantly worse’

Largest teaching union writes to education secretary to warn over a strike ballot unless he acts on unfunded teacher and school staff pay by the end of next week

School leaders’ union tells the education secretary that his ‘appalling’ claims about school ‘mediocrity’ amount to ‘pure posturing’

Government accused of ‘botching’ pay talks as unions give formal notice to councils of their plans to ballot members

Teachers say they have been unable to access the Scottish government’s literacy and numeracy standardised assessments since start of school year

Exclusive: A suppliers association has once again issued the DfE with a proposed claim for a judicial review

The government wants strong multi-academy trusts to grow but it is essential that trust leaders are pursuing expansion for the right reasons, says Tom Campbell, CEO of E-ACT

Blind faith in studies on some key education trends will get you nowhere, but so will ignoring them. Finding the sweet spot of understanding and teacher autonomy should pay dividends. Here, Michael Hobbiss tells you how to achieve that balance

New education secretary Kit Malthouse also says the DfE needs to be more ‘front-footed’ on talking to schools about what they can achieve