Thursday
The insurance update schools need to know about
The DfE’s risk protection arrangement scheme provides coverage for injuries at work, legal liabilities and damage to property. A lawyer explains a revision to the scheme that schools should be aware of
3 common mistakes schools make with teaching assistants
With the Education Endowment Foundation releasing updated guidance on schools’ use of TAs, co-CEO Emily Yeomans explains how to avoid the common pitfalls
Wednesday
Spring Statement: Teacher pay rise should top 3.7%, says NFER
NFER’s Jack Worth said the DfE’s pay rise recommendation of 2.8% is now “unimaginable” in the light of new forecasts on average earnings growth
MATs told to seek DfE approval for ‘contentious transactions’
New guidance sets out what transactions may be considered ‘novel, contentious and repercussive’ amid a row over one academy trust’s plan for an alternative pension scheme
Over 5,000 Scottish primary teachers on temporary contracts
Over 400 more primary teachers were on temporary contracts in 2024 than in 2019 – although the latest figures are an improvement on 2023
Why US schools have fallen in love with scripted lessons
A mix of necessity, ideology and circumstance is driving a widespread adoption of scripting in US classrooms, finds Holly Korbey
Ofsted parents’ survey on report cards ‘misses the point’
Headteachers’ leaders voice fears that Ofsted grades in planned new inspections will be unreliable as research shows parents would prefer report cards to current system
Classes ‘shivering’ in winter and ‘overheated’ in summer
Headteachers’ leaders call on the chancellor to use her spring statement to address a £3.6bn shortfall in funding for school buildings
Tuesday
‘Interrupted learning’ pupil support more than doubles post-Covid
Today’s figures also show that classroom teachers in Scottish schools now support over five times more pupils with ASN than in 2019
Delay Ofsted report cards and school profiles, heads urge
Ofsted’s plan for inspection report cards will cause greater anxiety for heads and make judgements less reliable, warns ASCL
Nord Anglia announces major safeguarding appointments
International schools group says the fresh leadership expertise will ‘strengthen our safeguarding culture’
How live theatre can expand pupils’ view of the world
There remains a compelling case for schools to take pupils to the theatre, despite tight budgets and competing priorities, says Edinburgh International Children’s Festival director
