Sir Steve Smith writes to international school associations praising the work of schools during the war in the Middle East, and apparently addressing concerns about Ofqual’s refusal to accept teacher-assessed grades.

SATs markers were this week scrambling to get through tens of thousands of questions after an already-extended deadline passed, prompting calls for the assessment series to be nationalised.

The legitimacy of digital assessment is becoming a defining issue for organisations operating in regulated and skills-driven environments.

Edinburgh extends pay deductions to those who refuse to cover for colleagues taking part in industrial action.

Markers of year 6 SATs have been slowed down in their work because of persistent “glitches” in the online system they use.