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Outdated policy is hindering use of edtech that can be used to improve learning outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged students, expert saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian schools are “flying blind”…
Primary schools close on Tuesday with secondary schools to shut on Wednesday after government and unions fail to reach dealUK politics live – latest news updatesAlmost every school in Scotland will be closed on Tuesday or Wednesday as part of a fresh w…
Opposition challenges prime minister over use of private plane for health visitThe National Education Union, which is currently balloting its members on strike action in England and Wales, has not ruled out teachers going on strike over the exam period…
David Price, who taught at Ashdown House in East Sussex and in Cape Town, is due in court next monthA retired teacher has been arrested in South Africa after a BBC radio programme about alleged paedophilia in British schools prompted more individuals t…
‘No concrete progress’ towards avoiding action affecting English schools at education secretary’s meeting with unionsThe threat of strike action still hangs over schools in England after talks between teaching unions and the education secretary, Gillia…
Union chief welcomes hour-long meeting with ministers on Monday but says ‘months have been wasted’Third of England’s teachers who qualified in last decade ‘have left profession’A potential government offer of a one-off payment to teachers is unlikely t…
Government report prompts calls for better oversight to stop inappropriate practices at youth organisationsA government report has identified multiple safeguarding risks at “out-of-school settings” (OOSS), which include sports clubs, tuition centres an…
February and March closures will mean biggest shutdown for years if union ballots for action this weekMost state schools across England and Wales will have to close completely on several days in February and March if the country’s biggest teaching unio…
Prime minister’s ambition for schools in England faces 5,000 shortfall in maths teachers and sixth form funding gapRishi Sunak claims that England is out of step with the rest of the developed world by not requiring young people to continue studying ma…
Prime minister urges public to judge him on whether he delivers on new pledges but Labour says most ‘were happening anyway’. This blog is now closed‘No tricks, no ambiguity’: Rishi Sunak vows to deliver on ‘people’s priorities’Lucy Powell, the shadow c…