Monday
DfE not ‘imposing’ EHCP cut, insists minister
Children’s minister David Johnston responds to concern over plans to reduce new EHCPs by 20 per cent
School buildings need at least £4.4bn extra a year, PM told
RAAC crisis has shone a light on chronic underfunding for school buildings, unions and governors tell Rishi Sunak
British Baccalaureate: the wrong idea at the wrong time
There’s no point designing new qualifications if there’s no one there to teach them and no resources to teach them with, argues Sam Freedman
Thursday
‘Urgent’ plan needed to repair teacher pay damage, Keegan told
Unions say 6.5% pay increase must be ‘only first step’ to restoring ‘pay lost in real terms against inflation since 2010’
Act to stop TAs leaving schools amid cost-of-living rise, DfE told
NFER recommends the government should widen the scope of the teacher recruitment and retention strategy to include TAs
Wednesday
MPs quiz Keegan over county lines teacher training
The education committee heard earlier this year there was limited coordination between schools, local services and authorities on criminal child exploitation
Explain new EHCP reduction target, ministers told
Commons Education Committee chair Robin Walker asks DfE how a contract targeting the reduction of new EHCPs squares with ministerial evidence given to MPs
Tuesday
Keegan: Some children prefer learning in Portakabins
The education secretary made the claim as she updated MPs on how the government is handling the presence of collapse-risk RAAC
RAAC crisis: 7 things the DfE told MPs
The education secretary and Downing Street were given advice to change guidance on 21 August after two incidents in which RAAC planks failed
