Thursday
‘Vital’ behaviour hubs evaluation delayed
Schools say behaviour is getting worse – but findings from the government’s main initiative to tackle the problem have been delayed until next year
Many Scottish secondary students missing a day a week
In secondary – including exam years – 18% of Scottish students attend school for less than 80% of the time, new data shows
Wednesday
More Scottish school strike dates planned over pay
Support staff in eight Scottish local authorities are due to strike in November, but first minister Humza Yousaf says there is no money for an improved pay offer
School leader burnout more than doubles
Senior leaders are being ‘broken’ by the pressures of workload, accountability and funding shortages, warns union leader
What type of education reform is best for Scotland?
How a gathering of teachers and other key figures came to a semblance of consensus over the future of Scottish education
Tuesday
Centre of Teaching Excellence questions sidestepped by Gilruth
Education secretary refuses to be drawn on how the Centre of Teaching Excellence will be run or what it will cost, saying teachers must be consulted on the proposal
Wilshaw: Ofsted ‘not focusing enough on teaching quality’
Former Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw also warns that it is ‘ridiculous’ that schools with ‘terrible’ results can receive ‘good’ Ofsted judgements
Welsh schools told ‘make learning interesting’ to cut absence
Attendance will improve if pupils ‘actively want to come to school’, says new government guidance
How to support a pupil with a parent in prison
Pupils who have a parent in prison can often fall through the cracks of support networks, says Cherry Casey – but there are steps schools can take to help them
‘Schools cannot solve attendance crisis on their own’
It is clear the scale of the attendance crisis means a cross-department, multi-sector approach is required, says NAHT leader Paul Whiteman
‘Existential threat’ to catch-up tutoring, warns DfE adviser
Warning comes as government is yet to make any commitments to funding tutoring beyond this academic year, despite widening disadvantage gap
