The Competition and Markets Authority has received complaints suggesting the firm is making it difficult for schools to switch management information software providers

As Falkirk Council proposes reducing learning hours in its schools, the Scottish government warns councils that it will mandate minimum teaching time for pupils if necessary

School system minister Baroness Barran sets out how attendance can be improved among pupils missing between 5 and 15 per cent of lessons

Overall SNSA participation last year was just below 90%, reinvigorating calls for the tests to be scrapped and money invested in school staff instead

Teach First polling highlights workload pressure on teachers due to worsening pupil mental health, as well as potential impact on the recruitment and retention crisis

The law requiring schools in England to hold daily acts of collective worship is 'divisive' and 'deeply unpopular', according to a survey for the National Secular Society

Union leaders tell education secretary they are 'extremely concerned' that pensions grants do not cover costs

Raising teacher pay by less than national average should be 'unthinkable' for the next government, experts warn

To ensure the 'resilience' of future free schools, multi-academy trusts will be more likely to be successful in the competitive process, new guidance states

Leaders respond to schools minister's refusal, in his recent interview with Tes, to guarantee long-awaited update before general election

A coalition of 14 organisations, including the NEU, has called for politicians to address the 'deep, multi-faceted and worsening' crisis

Local authorities 'disappointed' that trade unions 'have gone public with a threat of balloting for strike action'

School inspection in Scotland is too often used to 'squash innovation and enthusiasm', says SSTA general secretary

Change will apply to all graded inspections since September 2019, but headteachers' leaders dismiss move as 'cosmetic'

Primary school leaders say the pandemic is still impacting Year 6 pupils as they prepare for assessment this term and the transition to secondary school