Unions representing school support staff have threatened the government with industrial action over a “lack of meaningful progress” on improving pay.

Pupils are up to 55 per cent more likely to miss school on their birthdays, according to new government absence analysis.

Thousands of low-income families raising disabled children are at risk of being cut off from vital online support, according to analysis which found 93% are either digitally excluded or vulnerable to exclusion.

The union baron threatening national school strikes while urging teachers to shun weekend marking got a six-figure pay package worth almost as much as the Prime Minister's salary, it emerged today.

Secondary schools are reducing timetables and cutting whole subjects from the curriculum due to a lack of specialist teachers, education leaders have told BBC Scotland News.

Significant changes are likely to Wales' new English language and literature GCSE - just nine months after it was introduced.