#Schoolsbill latest - Govt now supporting removal of clauses 1-18 (on academy standards and intervention powers) - But ministers will add revised proposals back into the bill at a later stage - Follows huge backlash about Whitehall 'power-grab' schoolsweek.co.uk/zahawi-guts-hi…

Scoop: NAHT WILL re-ballot members for industrial action, Paul Whiteman tells me Last ballot missed turnout threshold, but leaders say postal disruption a huge factor Re-ballot will happen after talks with govt 'conclude or break down' schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-strike…

The government wants to cut 'unproductive tasks' from teacher workload. What happens if you ask 9,000 teachers to give examples of the unproductive tasks they spend most time on? 🧵 Here's what we found via Teacher Tapp ....

Education secretary Gillian Keegan is taking questions from MPs in the Commons now. She starts by paying tribute to Baroness Boothroyd, the first female Commons speaker, and then defends DfE levels of support for rural schools and SEND budgets.

Breaking: NAHT confirms it will formally re-ballot its members for strikes over pay, school funding, workload and wellbeing AND leaders of all four teaching/leadership unions will announce action 'co-ordination' plans at #NAHTconf today schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-strike…