General
Tuesday
23rd Jan 2024
OECD report to highlight RICs’ ‘strengths’
Scotland’s network of Regional Improvement Collaboratives is to have its funding cut, but a forthcoming OECD report is expected to recommend developing them further
Labour to push for not-in-school register
The legislation, if passed, would create a council-maintained register of children not on school rolls
Welsh heads face ‘terrible’ budget choices
Reducing staffing and learning support for pupils are among the cuts school leaders say they will have to make to fund the 2023-24 teacher pay deal, a new survey finds
9 in 10 parents say schools need more Stem teachers
Trainee maths and science teachers should be paid more, says Teach First chief in response to survey findings
Monday
22nd Jan 2024
Scottish teaching unions demand 6.5% rise
Unions say the ‘slightly above’ inflation claim for 2024-25 would be ‘a modest step towards restoring teachers’ pay’
Internal truancy: what Scottish schools are doing about it
Headteacher Peter Bain looks at approaches schools are taking to internal truancy, a major concern amid the ‘low-level behaviour crisis’ in Scottish education
Digital guidance: what schools need to know
New guidance documents set out more tech standards for schools – from creating digital leads within the SLT to minimum screen sizes for tablets and ideal warranty lengths
Schools’ leaders sign Ofsted support pact
‘Caversham Covenant’ partnership launches today in Southampton as routine Ofsted inspections return
Friday
19th Jan 2024
NEU to launch fresh strike ballot
England’s biggest teaching union will begin an indicative ballot over possible strike action on pay and school funding
How do you recruit a teacher to a four-pupil school?
The far north-west of Scotland may seem like a rural idyll, but it can be hard to attract teachers away from big population centres to work in the area’s schools