Thursday
RISE teams target 32 schools in ‘urgent’ need
The new regional school improvement programme will grow in April with the appointment of 50 new advisers, says DfE
Oliver: Time to rethink length of summer holidays
Chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver warns pupils can be ‘dysregulated’ after long summer break
Scotland’s biggest council backs down over planned teacher cuts
A strike planned for next week has been suspended as Glasgow says future cuts to teaching posts will not go ahead and that it will increase teacher numbers
‘Talking up the profession’ sounds hollow without action
If we want to change perceptions of teaching then real change is needed – from pay to professional respect, says the NAHT’s James Bowen
The stigma of SEND diagnosis: what does the research say?
The fact that we can now identify and name barriers to learning is widely considered to be a positive, writes Alex Quigley, but the situation is more complicated than that
Ofqual ‘ready to take action’ over extra exam time gap
Sir Ian Bauckham, speaking to Tes after being confirmed as Ofqual’s permanent chief regulator, highlights possible unfairness in students being awarded extra time in exams
Wednesday
Harden rules on violence against teachers, ministers told
Schools should have to report violence against staff to police, say Tories in bill debate – but Labour says they can already do this
Estyn: Welsh secondary attendance rate ‘stubbornly low’
Welsh secondaries’ struggles to recruit teachers are ‘impacting the quality of education’, finds schools inspectorate’s annual report
Holiday activities and food programme funding extended
However, further funding will be decided in the upcoming Spending Review, education minister Stephen Morgan has confirmed
Rural areas ‘hit hardest’ by falling number of schools in Scotland
Pupil numbers have been falling in primary since 2017 and education directors say the law on closing rural schools needs to be ‘modernised’
When will teachers in Scotland finally get all their backdated pay?
Two years ago a pay deal was welcomed by teachers in Scotland – but many are still waiting to reap the full benefit, as HMRC and local authorities point the finger at each other
