Wednesday
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
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
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’
The 23 tasks teachers shouldn’t do
The DfE’s Workload Reduction Taskforce has recommended a list of tasks teachers should not have to do – but it is very similar to a list created 10 years ago
Is overconfidence holding your pupils back?
A new study has found that young people overestimate their own learning, threatening their progress, says Alex Quigley. So what can teachers do to help them have more realistic perceptions?
