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Jenny Gilruth also says she is ‘astonished’ that food banks and clothing banks have become ‘normal features’ in Scottish schools

Interviewing for a teaching job is no small undertaking. Here, one experienced head breaks down what the day itself typically looks like

One school leader shares tips on presenting a headteacher CV that contains everything the governors are looking for

Inspectorate says the increase in inspections may reflect greater awareness of the problem of illegal schools, but warns legal loopholes still make it too easy to evade prosecution

More than a third of Highland school buildings being in disrepair is a sign of ‘clear neglect of rural education’, hears the Scottish Parliament

Scottish first minister tells UK Covid inquiry that ministers took an ‘arm’s-length’ approach to alternative qualifications and assessment during pandemic

Former academies minister calls on DfE to set out plans for new multi-academy trust inspection regime

The latest phonics screening check data is further proof that teaching reading is not ‘done’ at the end of KS1, writes Claire Heald

The government’s SEND reforms must ensure that special educational needs coordinators get better support, say experts, as exclusive data reveals their ‘unsustainable’ workload

Pay for academy trust chief executives has risen in line with teacher awards, CST survey shows, but remains below the top rate for maintained-school heads

Survey by Youth Sport Trust also finds disadvantaged female pupils less likely than their peers to be confident about physical activity

New analysis sheds light on the key factors affecting student attendance and how those factors interact, in sometimes surprising ways