Monday
Mark Lehain appointed special adviser to Keegan
Former free school head returns as education secretary special adviser, with a focus on school and family policy
Key issues Scotland’s Centre of Teaching Excellence must address
The proposed centre could make Scotland’s “patches” of high-quality professional development more consistent, says Bruce Robertson
Probe Spielman on home education concerns, judge tells Ofsted
Ofsted must ask chief inspector Amanda Spielman for evidence behind concerns she raised with MPs over home education, tribunal rules
Should wearing a school blazer be optional?
Making blazers ‘an optional item’ should be carefully considered, according to a Scottish government group looking at school uniform policy
What does good online learning look like?
Online apps for learning should draw on the ‘four pillars of the science of learning’, finds Megan Dixon
Music education in Scotland ‘diverse but fragile’
A database of music education opportunities has been launched but compiling it has been ‘inspiring and disquieting’, say researchers
Friday
Rise in illness absence due to anxiety
School leaders have called for the government to redouble efforts to address growing pupil mental health problem since pandemic
Heads ‘deflated’ after DfE funding email error
The Department for Education has apologised to several academy trusts after mistakenly telling them they were eligible to apply for a school building fund
Helping pupils with developmental language disorder
What can teachers do to support children with DLD to better access the curriculum? Dr Susan Ebbels and Sue Marr share their tips for teachers
DfE strike plan ‘a hostile attack’ on teachers’ rights
Unions react with anger after Gillian Keegan warns that the DfE could introduce minimum service levels for schools to curb strike disruption
Breaking: Keegan urges unions to engage over minimum service levels
Education secretary has told unions DfE will introduce minimum service levels in schools if voluntary agreement is not reached
CST appoints Sir Hamid Patel as chair
Star Academies chief takes on role after serving on the Confederation of School Trusts board since September 2019
