Teachers back digital exams in principle, but school tech not yet up to scratch Research by exam board AQA finds substantial barriers to digitising exams in England, despite support for the model
DfE ditches 7-year plan to legislate on summer-born admissions Ministers have been promising a law change on the issue since 2015, but say they will no longer pursue it
Key stage 1 SATs will be scrapped from 2023-24, STA confirms But a ‘full programme’ of tests will go ahead next academic year because new year 2s did not sit a baseline test
Supreme Court holiday pay ruling could ‘open the floodgates’ for claims Music teacher’s victory will have big ramifications for schools using permanent term-time-only contracts
‘We got teachers the best and fairest pay deal we possibly could’ The education secretary writes about next year’s pay deal, and his ‘admiration’ for teachers
DfE announces 5% pay rise for most teachers in 2022-23 Starting salaries will increase by 8.9 per cent next year, but experienced teachers get below-inflation rise
Campaigners warn against ‘dangerous’ register of children not in school Move to amend schools bill to collect data on pupils’ protected characteristics also questioned
Health and safety watchdog to inspect schools’ asbestos management DfE data suggests more than eight in 10 schools have the harmful material on their sites
Ofsted job cut inspection warning, plus 9 more annual account findings Plans to slim down the civil service could have ‘implications’ for new inspection work