Friday
Schools focusing on ‘short-term crisis management’ training
Ofsted review also finds less than half of teachers and leaders are happy with their development training
Scotland and Pisa: new analysis of ‘troubling’ results
There are ‘only a few encouraging conclusions for Scottish education policy’ to mitigate declining Pisa scores in maths, science and reading, says Lindsay Paterson
Weekly round-up: RSE age limits and call for ‘digital Sats’
This week’s essential education news includes Ofsted scrapping its curriculum unit project and news that managed moves have ‘more than doubled’
New South Wales curriculum reform needs careful handling
It is too easy for the needed changes to the school curriculum in New South Wales to deteriorate into a social media slanging match – we need understanding from both sides
Ofsted’s curriculum unit ‘scrapped’ and subject leads ‘sidelined’
Insiders say watchdog’s expert subject leads are now focused mainly on routine school inspection and that Ofsted’s big curriculum unit project has ‘gone’
Just 1 in 10 teachers say schools run for less than 32.5 hours a week
Teacher Tapp survey results show government crackdown on short weeks was an ‘unnecessary distraction’, say headteachers’ leaders
Revealed: 42% jump in MAT reserves falling below DfE threshold
Figures analysed for Tes show the ‘difficult choices’ facing trusts and schools owing to ‘government underfunding’
MPs: DfE should ensure support staff pay rises are funded
A Commons Education Select Committee report into teacher shortages also calls on government to monitor the amount of flexible working schools offer
ISC: Biggest fall in independent school pupil numbers since 2011
The proportion of pupils at independent schools has fallen slightly, the Independent Schools Council report shows
Thursday
Is it time for Scotland to look again at Teach First?
A prominent SNP MSP thinks the fast-track teacher-training programme is a ‘potential solution’ to Scotland’s teacher recruitment and retention problems
Sex education: the RSE teaching age limits schools need to know
New proposals specifying age limits for when certain topics cannot be taught in either primary or secondary settings may require schools to rethink their curricula
Why maths curricula must evolve for the ‘computational age’
Technologist Conrad Wolfram posits an overhaul of how we teach maths, arguing for a syllabus that integrates computation and AI
