The Scottish government has outlined plans to close the education attainment gap across Scotland over the next five years.

Pat Glass has been appointed as the new shadow education secretary, following Lucy Powell’s resignation.

The Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH) has published a report calling on the government to ban children from being allowed to order takeaways to their school.

Portsmouth and Reading Councils are among a number of local authorities which have called for the introduction of an education register to declare home schooled pupils.

A group of maths associations have come together to voice concerns over the proposed Year 7 ‘progress check’, suggesting their could be unintended costs for learning.

The Education Select Committee has heard that a number of teachers are starting their careers in primary school with only a few hours training in some subject areas.

A petition against government plans to compel children to resit their Sats test at secondary schools has gained over 4,000 signatures.