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Proposed new official guidance on the use of restraint in schools must be ‘put on a statutory footing’, says Scotland’s children’s commissioner

Students with Send and those who are disadvantaged were more likely to meet the thresholds for consideration of a parental fine, new analysis shows 

Exclusive: School leaders have hit out after new figures showed the DfE made 7,513 calls to schools over the past few weeks to drive up usage of the NTP

There are three days of national strike action being planned by the RMT union this week on 21, 23 and 25 June

‘We have yet to witness the full impact of the Covid pandemic on our children and young people,’ teachers are advised

Part-time employees in Northern Ireland may be able to claim for wrongful holiday pay deductions dating back to 1998, writes Seamus McGranaghan

Teaching students from Oman have shown schools in Glasgow the benefits of building global links

Union leader says strike action ‘is the last thing our members want’ and they are making a ‘cry for help’ on pay

There are ‘emerging signs’ of a teacher shortage, with a number of schools reporting that they have not been able to fill vacancies, says recruitment report

The Tes Schools Awards ceremony was held in person for the first time in three years and celebrated the amazing achievements of schools and teachers

Planned new government standards would mean fines have to be considered if a pupil has 10 unauthorised absences in a term – including being late

The impact of Covid on Scottish schools’ attempts to close the poverty-related attainment gap has been revealed in a survey of headteachers