General
Thursday
7th Dec 2023
Ruth Perry: Ofsted inspection ‘likely contributed’ to her death
The headteacher took her own life after Ofsted downgraded her primary school from its highest rating to its lowest, inquest finds
Revealed: secondary ITT target missed by half
Government data shows the teacher recruitment crisis has ‘plumbed new depths’, heads’ leaders warn
Breaking: Only half of secondary teacher trainee target reached
The government has recruited just half of the secondary teacher trainees it said it needed this year
Wednesday
6th Dec 2023
There’s much more to Pisa than Scotland’s headline scores
The Pisa survey holds a wealth of data and analysis on issues such as mobile phones in schools, migration, behaviour, staffing and parental involvement
Visa crackdown: what schools need to know
Here is the essential information that teachers and leaders need about the government’s latest immigration plans
DfE can’t yet give end date for RAAC crisis, MPs told
The education secretary, answering MPs’ questions on a range of issues, says some schools are still waiting for a second RAAC building survey
Pisa tests: the key insights behind the headlines
While the pandemic has been cited as the big factor in changes in the latest Pisa scores, there are also worrying longer-term trends, says the EPI’s Louis Hodge
231 schools now confirmed as having RAAC
Education secretary Gillian Keegan tells MPs that three schools with RAAC are still operating a hybrid model, with some pupils doing remote learning
Monday
4th Dec 2023
How jotters can take teachers’ marking back to the future
The humble jotter still has a critical role to play in providing pupils with feedback, says secondary teacher Sammy McHugh
DfE to scrutinise MATs’ absence data
Chief scientific adviser to the DfE has called for further analysis of school attendance data to understand where intervention is needed
Teaching union announces new pay dispute
NASUWT declares a second formal dispute with Gillian Keegan over what it claims are ‘deliberate’ delays in setting a remit for the independent teacher pay body