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Wednesday
17th Jan 2024
Trusts alarmed at Keegan’s ‘change of tone’ on academies
Confederation of School Trusts seeks ‘urgent clarification’ over education secretary Gillian Keegan’s comments about academisation
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NTP cash must continue to aid catch-up efforts
The numerous benefits that post-pandemic tutoring cash has brought to pupils will be lost for years if funding is not maintained, says DfE advisory group chair Nick Brook
DfE’s new South West regional director named
Lucy Livings, deputy director of the South West’s regions group, is set to replace Hannah Woodhouse
Video games: What teachers should know
A recent children commissioner’s report sheds light on how pupils feel about video games, offering valuable insights for schools, says this safeguarding lead
5 evidence-backed pastoral approaches every teacher needs
Pastoral leadership takes more than just being ‘good with the tough kids’, says Mohamed Ibrahim – you also need to apply research to the role
Education should follow this lead from medical research
Education research funders need to emulate healthcare and back more interventions that focus on local contexts, say these academics
School leaders demand ungraded inspections
Watchdog should put graded inspections on hold until it implements reforms and should also drop single-word judgements, an NAHT survey finds
Under-threat NTP ‘boosted 400,000 grades’
It would be a ‘national travesty’ not to renew funding for the national tutoring scheme, a social mobility expert warns
Tuesday
16th Jan 2024
Keegan admits SEND system isn’t working well ‘for anybody’
During a start-of-term live event, the education secretary says ‘it will take some time to make sure that we have the provision in place’
Why our trust rolled out the ECF to all staff
When trust leaders were looking for a new approach to professional development, the early career framework seemed like the perfect foundation, says Elliot Costas-Walker
Monday
15th Jan 2024
Ofsted: Staff wellbeing continues to be top of mind
Comments demonstrate ‘upside-down thinking’ and show Ofsted is ‘out of touch’ with the profession, biggest teaching union claims
DfE ‘reinserts’ list of tasks teachers should not do
List aimed at cutting teacher workload includes ‘investigating a pupil’s absence’ and ‘producing and collating analyses of attendance figures’