Friday
Minister defends ‘indefensible’ DfE hike in advertising spending
‘Serious questions’ asked after the Department for Education’s spending on marketing approaches £50 million a year – up 43 per cent since 2022-23
Ofsted chief will ‘not downplay’ disadvantaged schools’ outcomes
Analysis of the watchdog’s report card system has shown that disadvantaged schools may be ‘unfairly penalised’
‘Unreasonable’ parents driving teachers away, union warns
Three-quarters of headteachers say parent behaviour has negatively affected their mental health, according to ASCL research
Risk of unfunded pay rise ‘derailing’ reforms, ASCL boss warns
Pepe Di’Iasio also tells ministers that SEND reforms will need more investment to succeed
Thursday
Red tape blocks school funding for children in care, finds Ofsted
Teachers tell the watchdog that working with different local authorities with different processes can be frustrating when trying to support vulnerable pupils
The Teacher Development Trust’s legacy will be better CPD
The education charity becoming part of the Chartered College of Teaching will strengthen professional development in the sector, write the chief executives of both organisations
5 things we need for the SEND reforms to succeed
Labour’s plans for SEND and inclusion give us hope, says Vic Goddard, but now the question is how committed the government is to making them work
We need to talk about the neurodivergent teachers in our schools
There must be plenty of teachers who are neurodivergent, but we never hear about them, says one former head who has ADHD. Are they getting the support they need in schools?
How to make your action research matter
Too often, teachers’ action research projects fail to have the whole-school impact that they should, argues Sally Franklin. Here are five key questions to ask to put that right
Wednesday
Ofsted rejects 9 in 10 complaints about schools
The vast majority of complaints that qualified for Ofsted investigation last year did not lead to an immediate inspection, watchdog says
Small number of pupils fuels soaring unauthorised absence rates
The trend is most pronounced at secondary, where almost half of unauthorised absence is down to students who were missing from school without permission 15 times or more in a year
Teacher Development Trust to become part of Chartered College
The education charity will officially become part of professional body the Chartered College of Teaching later this year, in a move described as an ‘exciting opportunity’ to improve CPD
