Teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) at 23 independent schools have ended weeks of strike action after voting to accept a new pensions offer from the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST). Tes.

The Department for Education (DfE) has been told to “urgently” revise school guidance on “searching, screening and confiscation” following a “deeply disturbing” police strip-and-search of a black schoolgirl in December 2020. By Samantha Booth, Schools Week.

According to The Telegraph, the school history curriculum will be rewritten in the wake of a report which suggested that pupils should be taught that slavery was not just about "profit and suffering but how culturally African people transformed themselves into a re-modelled African/Britain”. By Gabriella Swerling.

Will Scott, the principal of Dame Allan’s Schools, outlines why he believes exams play a valuable role within the education system. Mr Scott said: "Exams encourage all pupils to learn facts and information, yes, and also the skills which can then be developed to use their knowledge."

Tes reports that by the end of last week the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) still needed to sign up 2,500 markers in order to hit its own recruitment target for exams due to begin in April. By Emma Seith.

Tes takes a closer look at the unexpected cost of teaching overseas. By Sean Smith.

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