Friday
GLF Schools appoints new CEO from DfE
The 43-school trust will be led by Warwick Sharp, following the resignation of Julian Drinkall last May
Labour’s confusing communications create same old policy problems
ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio laments that the government seems to have learned little from the past as it continues to issue ‘policy via press release’
Can citizenship be squeezed into a ‘bursting’ primary curriculum?
Citizenship education is to become mandatory in primary schools. But how realistic is it to expect schools to fit a subject ranging from law to finances and media literacy into an already-busy timetable?
Independent group to monitor Ofsted’s impact on heads’ wellbeing
The NAHT launches advisory group, which will include the watchdog and DfE, amid concerns over new inspection framework
Wednesday
Lords vote to curb new powers over academy admissions
Peers back an amendment to the government’s schools bill, despite Labour warnings that the change would leave schools victim to ‘ridiculous market forces’
School phone ban backed by Lords in government defeat
The House of Lords votes in favour of a statutory ban on phones in schools, despite the government strengthening its guidance on this issue last month
DfE ‘particularly keen’ to recruit male teachers
Education minister Olivia Bailey tells MPs that the department wants to see more men ‘teaching, guiding and leading’ in schools
Friday
Specialist bases to move mainstream schools ‘beyond comfort zone’
DfE director general Dr Tim Coulson expresses hope that the ambitious schools White Paper is ‘weeks away’
Why the Schools Bill remains a threat to a thriving sector
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill has been stuck in Parliament for a year and yet key problems remain within the legislation, argues Meg Powell-Chandler
White disadvantaged girls see sharpest drop at GCSE
Leaders call for the government to set out targeted action amid fears that girls are being overlooked in the drive to improve white working-class pupils’ outcomes
