Tuesday
Why sustainability can’t be left to individual teachers
Leaders need to champion ‘learning for sustainability’ so that it becomes a central part of the culture of a school, says this teacher
Adolescence is powerful TV - but why the tired teacher tropes?
Amid widespread praise for the hit Netflix show, this teacher questions why – yet again – teachers have to be portrayed in such a negative light
Would a legal win for private schools on VAT actually change anything?
Today the government will be forced to defend its policy of VAT on independent school fees in the High Court. But what will happen if the private school claimants win?
What we keep getting wrong about reading and parents
There are unhelpful assumptions about families baked in to our reading guidance, writes Megan Dixon, so we must question these whenever we find them
Monday
Giving ex-Ofsted chief a seat in Lords ‘is inappropriate’
Headteacher groups write to the House of Lords to voice concerns over the reported nomination of former chief inspector Amanda Spielman
How trusts can play their part in creating a ‘civic dividend’
The success of a project to improve student outcomes shows what can come from trusts collaborating with other bodies, writes one trust CEO
Scottish children’s commissioner: Too many children let down by education system
Nicola Killean calls on the Scottish government to ‘urgently’ redesign education, and criticises ‘glacial’ reform
Schools ‘can’t tackle violence against women and girls alone’
Schools should be teaching students about misogyny – but they need more help to address the problem, MSPs are told
Friday
Private school teachers at United Learning vote to strike
NEU members at 10 out of 14 independent schools run by United Learning have backed industrial action over pay
Unions warn FM of plans to ballot over class-contact time
Teaching unions have hit out at the Scottish government’s lack of progress on cutting the time teachers spend in front of classes, and say they are being ‘shut out of negotiations’
Fears of further redundancies as school funding storm brews
Edapt has already recorded double the number of redundancy and restructuring cases in the past three months than in the whole of 2024, with concerns of more on the horizon
CST: RISE team focus on stuck schools a ‘deeply questionable’ use of public money
Confederation of School Trusts raises concern that the definition of stuck schools can include a school that got a less-than-‘good’ Ofsted grade before a trust took it on
