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Today
22nd Mar 2023
Private school’s teachers could go on landmark strike over pensions
Unions are warning more Scottish independent schools could forcibly remove teachers from the scheme using ‘fire and rehire tactics’ if the current action is successful

Half of Scottish councils to tax teacher backpay at higher 2023-24 rate
Some Scottish teachers could end up hundreds of pounds worse off as a result of payroll arrangements in their area – we reveal which councils will pay backpay at this year’s tax rates

Teacher pay: Union calls for long-term deal
ASCL calls for commitment to reverse teacher salary decline in its submission to the pay review body

Keegan promises draft transgender guidance this spring
The education secretary says it is ‘incredibly important’ that the government takes the time to get its transgender guidance for schools right

DfE to probe ECF amid workload fears
Review of both early career and teacher training curriculum frameworks open until mid-April

Yesterday
21st Mar 2023
Minimum learning hours a step closer for Scottish schools
The Scottish government is looking to compel councils to provide a minimum amount of time in class ‘to protect the school week’, and has today started a consultation

How many pupils in your area have additional support needs?
New data shows that over half of secondary students are recorded as having an identified additional support need in some local authority areas – but in one council, the figure is less than a quarter

‘Rumbling crisis’ in behaviour management, says DfE tsar
Tom Bennett also says good work had been done in recent years and warned it has been historically ‘incredibly hard’ to know what behaviour is like in schools

Monday
20th Mar 2023
School leaders call for Ofsted pause after death of Ruth Perry
School inspections have reached a ‘watershed moment’, warns heads’ leader, amid calls for urgent talks and a plan for a boycott

MPs launch inquiry into teacher shortages
Former schools minister says government must take urgent action on teacher recruitment and retention ‘to ensure pupils receive consistent and quality teaching’

MAT school improvement probe launched
Confederation of School Trusts has launched an inquiry to measure impact of MATs on school improvement

Online Safety Bill: Just 9% of teachers think pupils will be safer
School leaders warn that the sector is ‘a long way from being able to determine how effective the measures in the bill will be in practice’

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