Friday
Recruitment crisis: DfE funds international market probe
DfE wants research to inform decisions on the current use of financial incentives, spot ‘barriers’ and ‘assess eligibility and appetite’ for international recruitment
Leadership skills can’t be ‘frozen in time’, warns NIoT
Professional development for school leaders needs to evolve to equip them with the tools to tackle new challenges, says NIoT chief Melanie Renowden
Schools’ hunt for attendance support as crisis continues
Huge hike in vacancies comes amid major government attendance drive and ‘decimation’ of local authority support
Thursday
Four councils agree new deals to cut high-needs deficits
Five councils have also seen their government payments to help balance high-needs deficits put on hold as their agreements have been put under review
Revealed: Absence still much higher after pandemic
More than one in three pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds were persistently absent last year, DfE data shows
Cambridge warns over PM plan to ditch ‘A level’ name
There is also not enough school space or teachers to deliver Rishi Sunak’s Advanced British Standard plan, its exam board OCR warns
Teacher vacancies remain high post-Covid
Experts warn school recruitment will never quite return to pre-pandemic levels as hard-to-hire regions continue to face worse struggle to fill posts
Wednesday
Unions demand ‘fully-funded, inflation-plus’ pay rise
ASCL, Community, NAHT, NASUWT and NEU say STRB pay recommendations must address ‘reality of pay cuts, sky-high workload and the recruitment and retention crisis’
NGA: Governor funding is ‘urgent, necessary and obvious’
The co-chief executive of the National Governance Association laments the end of funding for the Inspiring Governance programme
End of governor recruitment funding ‘a severe blow’
National Governance Association warns the end of recruitment funding in October will leave boards ‘entirely to their own devices’
DfE could under-recruit in 10 secondary subjects this year
Fears of under-recruitment of teacher trainees for the third year in a row remain despite a rise in bursaries, an increase in applications and a reduction in recruitment targets
Majority of teachers need AI training to boost confidence
A new study has found that teachers also want pupils to be taught the ‘ethical implications’ of using artificial intelligence
