General
Monday
29th Jan 2024
New law on sexual harassment: what schools should know
New legislation introduces a duty for UK employers around the prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace, so what does it mean for the education sector in Scotland and beyond?
Call for CEO pay limits in major shake-up of the school system
Academies and maintained schools should be replaced by a single system run by school boards, says think tank
Ofsted must ‘ensure inspectors have expertise’
Cross-bench MPs’ committee is calling on the watchdog to ‘rebuild trust’ and ‘make major changes to school inspections’
Ofsted must change to win back sector’s trust
Commons Education Select Committee chair Robin Walker explains why evidence from its hearings into Ofsted made it clear that inspections have to evolve
Friday
26th Jan 2024
Strikes law ‘will worsen’ teacher shortage
Government plan to impose minimum service levels during teacher strikes will ‘add to the increasing unpopularity of teaching’, unions warn
How has Scottish education spending held up over 10 years?
Local education budgets have come under pressure for years, but the data suggests they have been relatively protected up to now
Ofsted could assess inclusion performance
Inspectorate’s new director of education Lee Owston questions whether it is right that ‘some schools are more inclusive than others’
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Ofsted may probe MATs’ school improvement rate
Still ‘work to do’ to define the purpose that MAT inspection would serve, the Confederation of School Trusts has said
4 ways policy can support school improvement
Making schools better is difficult, so we need system architecture that supports the process rather than hinders it, says Steve Rollett