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Education suffers if teachers are defined by shortcomings and constantly feel under attack, hears Henry Hepburn

Sam Freedman explains why the procurement process for the delivery of the National Tutoring Programme was flawed – and has led to problems with the catch-up scheme

The government has come under fire for not supplying enough schools with air-cleaning units to help them fight Covid. But how much difference do these devices make? Here experts explain how they can be very effective

Findings from behavioural science are increasingly informing public policy, but have yet to gain traction in schools. That could be about to change, says Harry Fletcher-Wood – so here’s what teachers need to know about how the science of behaviour could soon shape their practice

Salary increases, surpluses and five other findings from a new major report on academies

Most teachers say that climate change is not ‘meaningfully’ embedded in the curriculum, as a student-led bill on climate change gets second reading in Commons

The new curriculum will officially get underway in Welsh primaries this September – so how are things changing and what will the impact be on qualifications?

DfE plans to introduce new rules on school attendance and parental fines in a bid to reduce pupil absence

Following February half term the expectation is that schools will decide if masks and other measures are necessary

With an increase in Covid cases among under-15s in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has resisted calls to lift guidance on face masks in schools

Tutors from the government’s Covid catch-up scheme are not always ‘very good with children’, head tells MPs

Nearly a quarter of state schools also have more than 15 per cent of teachers and leaders off work