Friday
Curriculum review will support change to ‘inflexible’ GCSE resits
Professor Becky Francis tells the Confederation of School Trusts conference that only 50 out of 3,000 17-year-olds who had achieved a grade 2 in GCSE maths went on to pass in the most recent round of resits
Oliver: Heads don’t automatically lose job after poor Ofsted grades
The chief inspector, speaking at the Confederation of School Trusts conference, rejects the idea that Ofsted has not considered headteachers’ wellbeing in developing its new inspections
Inspection of MATs must not put more strain on the system
The government wants groups of schools to be inspected – but designing a robust, supportive and useful inspection system for them isn’t easy, says the Confederation of School Trusts’ Steve Rollett
CST questions if MAT inspections should grade trusts
The introduction of inspections for trusts should not discourage them from taking on struggling schools, argues the MAT sector body
Lack of special schools in DfE hubs ‘is an act of self-harm’
Sector leaders voice concerns that the government’s first wave of behaviour and attendance hubs includes only mainstream settings
Most pupils in poverty missing out on free school meals
Free school meals eligibility is ‘no longer fit for purpose’ as a measure of pupil deprivation, EPI report warns
Thursday
DfE to encourage AI tutors in schools
But England’s largest education union warns against ‘tutoring on a shoestring’ and says many disadvantaged students need direct contact with teachers
School leaders added to DfE inclusion group
Expert advisers will now look at how the government’s inclusion drive tallies with curriculum and Ofsted reform
Schools across Northern Ireland in ‘state of disrepair’
‘Unsafe’ school sites in Northern Ireland could lead to a bill of up to £800 million, according to Stormont Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee
