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It is no coincidence that teachers are overworked and underpaid – and 80 per cent of them are women, says new EIS general secretary

Your roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week includes what Sunak or Truss would mean for education, pay rises for school support staff and the debate about teaching joined-up writing

A keen sense of the impact their job can have keeps teachers going through the bad times, says Henry Hepburn

SEND Green Paper consultation responses highlight concerns over reforms being cost led and failing to promote inclusion

Exclusive: ‘Many’ multi-academy trusts approaching rural heads lack relevant experience, says regional schools network

NSPCC Scotland reacts to broadcaster Nicky Campbell’s ‘real courage’ in publicly talking about abuse he suffered and witnessed at school

After lockdowns, this tutoring firm saw a gap in the market for a fully online school that gives pupils, teachers and parents ultimate flexibility. Molly Bolding finds out how it works

The government says the rise in numbers not completing their final year of teacher training in 2020-21 was down to ‘pandemic disruption’

Exam board AQA says it has ‘robust’ plans in place to ensure that the strike does not delay next month’s GCSE and A-level results

Educational inequality in Wales ‘remains high and is reducing at a snail’s pace’ – here’s what the nation might need to do

Fewer than 4,000 pupils were excluded in 2020-21, although there were Covid restrictions for part of the school year

Heads know their support staff deserve proper pay rises but without new funding to cover the increases, tough decisions lie ahead for schools with large numbers of support staff – with so-called ‘magnet’ schools and special schools being hit the hardest