Friday
4 in 10 senior Ofsted inspectors have never been a head
Revealed: watchdog does not know how many inspectors have taught particular subjects or worked in primaries, secondaries or special schools
NDAs: silencing teachers or empowering them?
Non-disclosure agreements can help to resolve difficult workplace situations in confidence – but some warn they are being abused to stop staff blowing the whistle
Thursday
‘Little or no progress’ on class-contact time promise
Call for ‘clarity on the precise details’ of plan to reduce Scottish teachers’ time with classes by 90 minutes a week
How are Ofsted school inspections changing?
The watchdog has made a series of changes to school inspection, and there could be more to follow. Here is everything you need to know
Schools ‘expected to report careers provision progress’
The DfE also announces plans to publish a Strategic Action Plan for Careers in 2024
‘Urgent’ plan needed to repair teacher pay damage, Keegan told
Unions say 6.5% pay increase must be ‘only first step’ to restoring ‘pay lost in real terms against inflation since 2010’
What Ofsted’s geography subject report means for schools
The inspectorate’s new report into geography teaching highlights areas of development for schools at every stage, says Steve Brace
Ofsted: Music curriculum hampered by lack of specialist teachers
Ofsted study finds some secondary schools temporarily removed music from their curriculum because of a shortage of specialist teachers
Act to stop TAs leaving schools amid cost-of-living rise, DfE told
NFER recommends the government should widen the scope of the teacher recruitment and retention strategy to include TAs
Families find school attendance rules ‘draconian’
Findings from a major new report into the root causes of the crisis in attendance in England’s schools
Wednesday
MPs quiz Keegan over county lines teacher training
The education committee heard earlier this year there was limited coordination between schools, local services and authorities on criminal child exploitation
Teacher numbers commitment harming other services, MSPs told
Scottish education directors ‘struggle to see the logic’ of an absolute commitment to maintaining teacher numbers and hope relaxing ring-fenced budget will allow more flexibility
