General

Wednesday

Schools to be measured on girls’ access to PE
Mandatory equality criteria to be phased into awards scheme will recognise schools for improving PE access for girls and encouraging physical activity
PE
NEU: Third of executive vote against 6.5% pay deal
A faction within the NEU has launched its own ‘Educators Say No!’ campaign, urging members to vote against accepting the latest pay award and against ending industrial action
NEU: Third of executive vote against 6.5% pay deal
NPQ take-up still far off 150,000 government target
At the end of the second year in a three-year target, the DfE has recorded just 63,454 funded National Professional Qualification course starts
Missed shot
MAT leaders warn DfE over ‘mass consolidation agenda’
Multi-academy trust bosses share concerns with the department’s Regions Group chief as he sets out how new academisation decision-making process will work
Mixing bowl
Exclusive
Revealed: the impact of Teach First in schools
With the Teach First training route turning 20 years old this year, the effects it is having on student attainment, leadership and retention have been revealed by new research, says NFER school workforce lead Jack Worth
Archery target
The moment that changed my teaching this year
As we head into the summer holidays, Paul Bacon speaks to teachers and school leaders about how they have adapted their practice for the better in the past academic year
Light in clearing, woods
General election: ‘Burning need’ to prioritise schools
Competing demands for funds mean there is a ‘genuine risk’ that education will lose out in the next general election, says think tank
Rishi Kier