General
Yesterday
25th Apr 2024
Weekly round-up: Ofsted grades and teacher pay fears
This week’s essential education news includes the DfE under fire for not scrapping single-word Ofsted judgements and warnings about funding for a teacher pay rise
Poor behaviour hitting teaching and wellbeing, say most teachers
Pupil misbehaviour is causing regular interruptions to lessons and impacting their wellbeing and mental health, say three-quarters of teachers
Teacher levelling-up payments: all you need to know
Which teachers will be eligible for levelling-up premium payments, and when they can apply?
Heads: DfE failure to scrap Ofsted grades ‘deeply disappointing’
The government says it will continue to look at alternative systems but insists that, overall, single-word Ofsted grades have ‘significant benefits’
Wednesday
24th Apr 2024
Keegan: I’ll look at how we can fund teacher pay rise
The education secretary has said her decision on whether the government can help schools with extra funding will depend on the ‘challenge’ from the teacher pay review body
Exams: How Ofqual plans to cope with AI
The exam regulator has set out how it will manage artificial intelligence malpractice and whether it can be used for marking
Cosla: Maintaining teacher numbers will ‘greatly impact pay offer’
Councils also hit out at government promise to reduce class contact time, saying it ‘undermines the opportunity to include it in any negotiations’
Ofsted: Leaders must police AI impact on outcomes
Watchdog will hold heads to account over the use of AI in their schools by staff and students
Claire Burton takes the lead at DfE Regions Group
London regional director steps in as acting director general of the Regions Group while John Edwards takes leave for health reasons
Exclusive
Poor mental health ‘fuelling’ absence crisis, DfE told
Report warns against ‘punitive approaches’ like parent fines to tackle the problem of low school attendance