Friday
How segregation and selection still dominate NI education
Schools in Northern Ireland have much to boast about in terms of international rankings but there are myriad tensions within the education system – not least over academic selection, finds John Morgan
Teacher shortage: Schools face ‘worst’ recruitment deadline
Leaders warn that last month’s teacher hiring window ahead of new school year caused ‘major anxiety’ amid shortages of staff
Thursday
Levelling-up law to smooth church school academisation
Amendment ensures land for newly built academy schools would continue to be held in charitable trust
Weekly round-up: Teacher strikes and Sats ‘debacle’
This week’s education round-up includes the threat of coordinated strike action by teachers and heads, demands for an inquiry into this year’s Sats reading paper and an RSE review
Rise in teachers quitting pension shows ‘need for pay rise’
The number of teachers opting out of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, because they cannot afford to continue contributing, has risen by more than two-thirds over the last year
9 big messages from ‘national discussion’ on Scottish education
There is a sense of urgency in a major report based on the views of 38,000 people on the future of Scottish education
Attendance crisis ‘becoming normalised’, warns de Souza
Children’s commissioner calls for a national campaign to fix attendance as latest data shows more than a fifth of pupils were persistently absent so far this academic year
DfE has forgotten about children and families in pursuit of standards
Former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield explains why, if the government is truly committed to giving children the best start in life, it needs a department whose name makes that clear
Call for mandatory autism training for teachers
Only 14 per cent of secondary school teachers have had more than half a day’s autism training, survey finds
Wednesday
‘Overwhelming appetite for change’ in Scottish education, report finds
The results of Scotland’s ‘national discussion’ about the future of education were published and debated at Holyrood this afternoon
Poorer schools get smaller share of funding, IFS warns
Decades worth of ‘progressive’ spending policies aimed at schools in disadvantaged areas are gradually being eroded, new report finds
RSE: DfE names experts advising on ‘age-appropriate’ lessons
Panel appointed following concerns that children are ‘being taught concepts they are too young to understand’
