Thursday
DfE to watch how catch-up cut hits schools
Department will monitor the impact of next year’s NTP subsidy drop and share with the Treasury, the permanent secretary said
Oak National signs up Pearson as curriculum partner
News comes ahead of the full list of curriculum providers for Oak National Academy, which Tes understands is expected to be announced next week
Weekly round-up: Teacher shortage, the pay battle and Ofsted
Your round-up of Tes’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes shocking research showing schools’ struggle to recruit staff, unions cranking up the pressure on teacher pay, and controversy over Ofsted’s latest move
Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association votes to accept pay offer
The union will now end its industrial action over pay, while the ballot result for Scotland’s largest union, the EIS, is due tomorrow
School buildings still risky, admits DfE
The DfE’s most senior civil servant says there is an ‘unknown risk’ around older school buildings
Schools’ ‘slow rot’ caused by DfE structure focus
A slip in school standards or safeguarding is ‘rarely’ the fault of individual heads or teachers, shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said today
Call for Ofsted to rate catch-up quality
The National Tutoring Programme has ‘changed the landscape’ but must focus on quality, says Sutton Trust
Wednesday
Ofsted inspectors’ strike inspection plan ‘concern’
Four in five senior Ofsted inspectors are unhappy with the plan to start school inspections on Monday ahead of teacher strikes, a snapshot poll shows
Wanted: ‘Like-minded teachers’ to challenge the DfE
DfE seeks new members for its Teacher Reference Group, particularly those working in ‘challenging contexts’
Support staff union plans strike ballot
Unison rejects a flat pay offer of £1,925 for school support staff from April
Sunak steps in over RSE row
‘Hard to be anything other than deeply concerned’ by relationships and sex education announcement, says union leader
Teacher strikes: DfE ‘refused’ pay mediation talks offer
Unions criticise education secretary Gillian Keegan after offer of arbitration was rejected
