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Thursday

13th Apr 2023

Weekly round-up: Teacher strikes and staff shortages
This week’s essential education news and analysis includes the threat of a second major teaching union joining strike action, a warning over teacher shortages and new research on parent engagement in schoolwork
Round, up

Thursday

6th Apr 2023

Weekly round-up: Pay deal rejected, more strikes ahead
This week’s essential education news and analysis includes unions rejecting the latest pay offer, plans for summer strikes and a warning about school staff workloads
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Friday

31st Mar 2023

The ‘average’ problem in the teacher pay dispute
A ‘spreadsheet-first’ approach to funding will not chime with school leaders’ real-life experience
School funding cuts teacher pay
Walker: Significant changes needed to tackle recruitment
The chair of the Commons Education Select Committee says inquiry into teacher recruitment will look at the reasons why teachers are leaving the classroom
Robin Walker: Significant changes needed to tackle teacher recruitment
A 9-point plan for a better Ofsted
Anyone applying for the job of Ofsted chief inspector should consider making these changes to the school inspection system, argues Tom Campbell, CEO at E-ACT multi-academy trust
A nine-point plan for a better Ofsted

Thursday

30th Mar 2023

Weekly round-up: Strike threats over new pay offer
This week’s essential news and analysis features all the reaction to the new teacher pay offer, including plans for more strikes, heads’ warnings about funding the increase and a plea from the education secretary
Weekly round-up: Teacher strike threats over new pay offer
NIoT chief: Why ‘school led’ isn’t just a buzzword
The chief executive of the National Institute of Teaching explains how they’re working to make their promise to be school led a reality, with a new consultation to inform research on teacher development strategies
NIoT chief: Why ‘school led’ isn’t just a buzzword

Wednesday

29th Mar 2023

Why schools must act on new filtering and monitoring standards
The tragic death of Frankie Thomas makes it clear why schools must ensure new filtering standards from the government are taken seriously and acted on, says David Wright
Why schools must act on new filtering and monitoring standards

Monday

27th Mar 2023

50 per cent PPA time? It’s one of the ideas for workforce reform
With retention and recruitment stubbornly struggling in teaching, radical ideas are emerging to reimagine the workforce. Jon Severs looks at two proposals that are becoming more prominent
50 per cent PPA time? It’s one of the ideas for workforce reform
5 ways Microsoft’s Copilot will save teachers time
Bringing ChatGPT-style AI functionality to Word, Excel and PowerPoint, which most educators use, could transform teachers’ and leaders’ working lives, says Kester Brewin
Copilot

Thursday

23rd Mar 2023

Weekly round-up: Ofsted attacked, teacher shortages and behaviour
This week’s essential news and analysis includes calls for Ofsted to halt inspections, new research uncovering the shocking scale of schools’ teacher recruitment problems and a warning of a behaviour ‘crisis’
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We need a long-term strategy to tackle this recruitment crisis
With new data revealing the scale of the teacher recruitment difficulties, the NFER’s Jack Worth says a clear strategy is needed to attract more people into teaching – especially as other professions are now offering flexible working
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