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Exclusive: The founding CEO of the new ‘flagship’ teacher training provider the National Institute of Teaching has been handed the role permanently

Teacher absence increased by more than a fifth in two weeks amid a rise in Covid cases, official figures show

Teachers in TV adverts promoting the profession have ‘full ownership of the classroom’. We need to learn from that, says this school leader

Opposition’s amendment would require academies to follow national curriculum and local admission policies

ASCL union plans to raise concerns over increasing Covid absence in schools with new education secretary James Cleverly

Teachers ‘lack time’ to celebrate diversity across different lessons, says survey by DfE-funded charity

Labour has reiterated its pledge to remove the charitable status of independent schools and put VAT on fees – this will have a dramatic effect on the sector, says David James

The inspectorate has updated its school inspection handbook. Here is everything you need to know

Andrea Jenkyns’ single-finger gesture could harm teachers’ efforts to maintain ‘common decency’ in schools, education union leaders warn

The regulatory review for multi-academy trusts needs to propose a system of trust, not the overbearing regulation we have currently, argues Tom Campbell

As new research reveals the three things most important to Year 7s when they move from primary to secondary school, two experts share advice on how schools can meet those needs

Teacher leaders have called for a ‘proper plan’ for how to live with the virus in the long term