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Despite there being plenty of research around how best to use teaching assistants to improve pupil outcomes, the message doesn’t seem to be getting through in schools, argues Rob Webster. However, a new study from his team is attempting to change that by offering a blueprint for what should – and should not – be in a TA’s job description

While teachers increasingly appreciate the importance of getting students to ‘think about thinking’ – and how to plan, monitor and evaluate their learning – children’s metacognitive skills are notoriously difficult to assess. But new research could change all that, finds John Morgan

While some are dismissive of certain types of education research owing to the methodology used, being open to a variety of approaches is more likely to yield positive results in the classroom, says Christian Bokhove

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Covid may not have led to a revolution in Scottish education but it has opened teachers’ eyes to new ways of doing the job, writes Henry Hepburn

Girls’ Day School Trust could be latest to join growing number of independent schools choosing to withdraw from scheme

Exclusive: Schools told to send students elsewhere for vaccine if there’s a dispute – as head considers hiring security

Teacher training leaders claim watchdog is attempting to discredit provision ‘wherever possible’ under new framework

Education Scotland plans ‘over 90’ school visits before December and ‘at least 120’ from January to June

Children’s commissioner urges education bosses not to penalise students for attending climate demonstrations

Pilot scheme launched in Bradford to give pupils free glasses is now being rolled out to other Opportunity Area schools

Assessment last year caused ‘stress and exhaustion’, with pupils ‘crying regularly’, a Holyrood committee has been told