Friday
RAAC heads call for timescale on rebuilding plans
With 119 RAAC-affected schools being told they will be rebuilt, heads warn they ‘do not want to waste public money’ on temporary solutions
Pandemic: Call for action on language development
Post-Covid call comes as NHS data shows increase in number of children and young people waiting for speech and language therapy
Over 50% of special school pupils could be in mainstream, says DfE report
Evaluation for DfE suggests majority of reviewed pupils with SEND in Delivering Better Value areas could have their needs met within mainstream schools
Thursday
RAAC schools not expected to provide wraparound childcare
All schools will be expected to provide wraparound childcare on their site, ‘unless there is a reasonable justification not to’, DfE confirms in new guidance
Weekly round-up: ‘Earn and learn’ route into teaching and MAT deficits
This week’s essential education news includes the government launching its Teacher Degree Apprenticeship and new research uncovering multi-academy trusts’ worsening finances
More than 100 schools with RAAC will be rebuilt
The government today announced which schools containing the potentially dangerous concrete will be rebuilt and which will be given a grant to remove it
Extend catch-up cash or attainment gap will widen, PM told
More than 500 schools have signed a letter to Rishi Sunak, Gillian Keegan and Jeremy Hunt calling for more National Tutoring Programme funding in next month’s spring Budget
Tuesday
School capacity measuring programme: all you need to know
Every secondary school and special school in England will have its site measured up for capacity over the next two years. Here’s everything you need to know
Heads call for Ofsted exemption for RAAC schools
The ‘unacceptable’ time it has taken for the government to act on the RAAC crisis is causing ‘financial detriment’ to schools, ASCL warns
Barran: RAAC-hit schools ‘left on their own’ by councils
Academies minister says the DfE is ‘worried about the support some primary schools are getting from their local authorities’
Sunday
Keegan: ‘Earn and learn’ route will broaden teaching appeal
In an interview with Tes, the education secretary talks about unveiling the Teacher Degree Apprenticeship and what she hopes it will achieve
DfE to launch Teacher Degree Apprenticeship pilot for maths
The education secretary says the move will ‘broaden the pipeline’ of recruits into the profession
