Primary

Thursday

8th Feb 2024

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
The DfE has published guidance setting out what is expected from schools offering wraparound care.

Wednesday

7th Feb 2024

Call to scrap literacy and numeracy SNSAs at all stages
SNSAs lead to schools being judged ‘inappropriately’ and are ‘inconsistent’ with a play-based approach in early primary, says Willie Rennie
Call to scrap literacy and numeracy SNSAs at all stages

Thursday

1st Feb 2024

Heads urge DfE to pause school Progress 8 scores
ASCL questions how the government can measure secondary school student progress without a baseline from primary
Heads urge DfE to pause school Progress 8 scores

Thursday

25th Jan 2024

Revealed: The schools worst hit by the costs crisis
Local authority maintained schools saw an increase in spending during the costs crisis last year, particularly on supply teachers and SEND services
The schools worst hit by the costs crisis

Thursday

23rd Nov 2023

Times table check: scores rise in second year
The results from the second year of the multiplication tables check have been released, showing a slightly wider gap for pupils with EHCPs
Times table check: scores rise for second year

Wednesday

22nd Nov 2023

Barran urges ‘caution’ over school closures amid falling rolls
Academies minister also acknowledges that small primaries have ‘tighter’ finances than larger secondaries
Barran falling rolls

Monday

13th Nov 2023

Specific SEND diagnosis more likely in affluent areas
Primary pupils with special educational needs and disabilities living in more affluent areas also have a higher chance of receiving an education, health and care plan, research shows
SEND: Affluent children more likely to get certain diagnosis

Thursday

9th Nov 2023

Violence in Scottish primaries not ‘a rarity’, Gilruth told
The education secretary’s suggestion that it is low-level disruption – and not violence – that is on the rise has been dismissed by primary school leaders
Violence in Scottish schools Gilruth

Thursday

2nd Nov 2023

Are free meals for all good use of funding, ask MSPs
The Scottish government has been urged to evaluate the impact of rolling out free school meals to all primary pupils at a time when funding is stretched
Are free school meals best use of funds ‘at time of constraint’? asks MSPs

Wednesday

1st Nov 2023

How to teach cybersecurity to the youngest pupils
Teaching resources about staying safe online tend to target older children, but a new picture book for children aged 4-7 aims to change that
Cyber security child

Friday

20th Oct 2023

3 in 4 Reception teachers find baseline test ‘unhelpful’
Only a tiny minority of teachers think the Reception Baseline Assessment provides accurate information, a poll finds
Nursery class

Thursday

19th Oct 2023

Primary pupil numbers to plummet by 410k in five years
Decreasing pupil numbers are already beginning to impact school budgets, warns union leader
Empty chairs