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Exclusive: Department for Education monitoring social media posts from England-based staff for criticism of its policiesThe government has been monitoring the social media accounts of “dozens” of ordinary teaching staff, including teaching assistants, …
Letters To a Young Generation: Aspiring School Leaders book aims to encourage Black teachers to pursue leadership positionsBlack headteachers from across the UK have written letters to the next generation of school leaders, urging them to become role m…
Head of Honywood school says building of temporary structure is a near miracle after crisis it faced“Three and a half weeks ago, there was nothing here,” said James Saunders, the headteacher of Honywood school, looking with pride – and disbelief – at t…
‘Maths is the language of the universe’ says shadow education secretary, promising ‘real world’ numeracy lessonsLabour says it will replace Rishi Sunak’s demand for compulsory maths classes until 18 with improved maths teaching for younger children and…
Labour leader’s pledge for English primaries as part of a wider dental plan labelled ‘window dressing’ by union chiefSchool leaders have accused Labour of “window dressing” after Keir Starmer pledged to introduce supervised toothbrushing for young chil…
Unesco analysis shows that sub-Saharan Africa accounts for a third of the shortfall, but that Europe and North America are lacking tooThe world needs 44 million more teachers if education is to be provided to every child, according to new figures from …
In today’s newsletter: The education minister has pitched a policy that is popular with many parents, but teachers and education experts say it’s a distraction from more pressing issues facing pupils• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Editio…
Specialists critical of official policy claim secret files are being kept on them by the Department for EducationIt was a Tuesday night in March, two days before Ruth Swailes, an expert on early years education, was due to travel to Manchester to speak…
Rachel de Souza says long-delayed guidance should be issued as soon as possible as teachers and families want claritySchools and teachers urgently need ministers to publish long-delayed transgender guidance to ensure that pupils are treated with consis…
Analysis shows that since the pandemic those living in poverty were 3.7 times more likely to be sent home than other pupilsIncreasing numbers of children from poor backgrounds are being suspended from schools in England since the pandemic, according to…