Scotland’s teachers are preparing to vote on industrial action over workload and time spent in front of pupils.

Ofsted’s new ‘traffic light’ rating system comes into force this week – does this mark meaningful change or, as one expert puts it, ‘high level tinkering’?

Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms

Every school in England is to be issued with an AI-generated target for minimum pupil attendance, the government has announced, as part of its continuing efforts to tackle absence in the country’s classrooms.

Headteachers will be given the targets this month in an effort to boost...

Union members at Sheffield Hallam Uni strike in a dispute over job losses, workload and welfare.

Persistently high numbers of 16- to 24-year-olds are not in work or studying in the UK

Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (Neet).

This week, the government announced the launch of an independent investigation into the issue, which Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Pat McFadden has called a “crisis of opportunity”.

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Ministers should encourage teachers who are keen to try new things before the new curriculum’s formal adoption

Much better to defer a white paper on special needs education in England than to announce plans in haste, only to be forced to withdraw them. This was the calculation behind the government’s decision to put off until next year its plans for reform in a vitally important and sensitive...

The system is changing after the death of head Ruth Perry highlighted the pressure of inspections.

The university is looking to save £30m amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.

Georgia Gould says “too many families” feel they have to “really fight” for support.

The council says the county’s special schools are full to capacity.

Stourview Primary Academy says it is thriving again after it dropped from 85 pupils to fewer than 20.

Flossie McShea from Devon says she saw a shooting, a beheading and porn and that other students ‘show you their screen without invitation’

A 17-year-old girl who says she was exposed to horrific images and videos including porn, a shooting and a beheading on a smartphones during the school day has joined a legal action against the education secretary.

Flossie McShea, from Devon, says she also...

More than 150 psychiatrists sign letter condemning contract to host exams in country with well-documented human rights abuses

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is facing a backlash from members over a controversial partnership with Qatar’s state healthcare provider.

The college has signed a contract with the state-owned Hamad Medical Corporation to host international exams in Doha, enabling...

Police say two teenagers and a man are arrested on suspicion of an imitation firearm.

Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedom

Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday – the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests that organizers hope will culminate in large-scale students...

Cultural figures hope proposed shake-up of curriculum can reverse years of ‘madness’ in which arts were devalued

For years, Britain’s leading cultural figures have warned that substandard arts provision in schools is devaluing the sector and creating an increasingly elite industry. But the government’s proposed shake-up of the national curriculum, which includes scrapping the English...

When I heard it was dumbing down education, my heart sank. In fact, it’s outspoken about the chaos of Michael Gove’s reforms and the changes needed

Schooling in Britain today is where medicine was in the days of bleeding and leeches. It is trapped in the past, between teachers wedded to their subjects and politicians obsessed with tests. Doctors generally know if they have cured you, lawyers...

The BBC has seen the report which points out issues with fire doors, fire exits and the storage of combustibles at Lenzie Academy.

A dozen schools in the Cathedral Schools Trust are shut or partially closed because of the two-day action.

Michelle Stant is found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct at a misconduct hearing.

In a statement the institution also says it is “proposing to reduce its nursing offer”.