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Government to enforce minimum learning hours
The Scottish government is also expected to ‘lock’ the pupil-teacher ratio at current levels amid council proposals to cut teacher jobs
Weekly round-up: the countdown to teacher strikes
Your round-up of Tes’ must-read news and analysis from the past week features all the build-up to next week’s national teacher strike over pay, Ofsted under fire over its school inspection ratings and insight into the different funding systems used by academy trusts
Labour will ‘demand’ MATs cooperate with councils on admissions
Shadow education secretary tells conference the party wants to ‘smooth the differences’ of a two-tier school system
No resolution found as teacher strikes loom in Wales
The Welsh government and unions met yesterday but no deal was reached – and no further meetings are planned ahead of teacher walkouts next week
3 days ‘not enough to fix schools’ RI issues’
DfE-appointed school improvement experts say they are not being given enough time to help schools rated ‘requires improvement’
Revealed: How Ofsted will investigate alternative provision
Watchdog publishes new guidance setting out how it will review AP from next month
Recovery Premium funding ‘nowhere close to enough’
School leaders warn that a shortage of specialist support is hampering their efforts to support pupils with mental health issues post-Covid
Ministers’ silence on Schools White Paper ‘worrying’, says CST chief
Leora Cruddas highlights concerns that new DFE ministers have still not said what parts of the Schools White Paper they intend to take forward
NPQ recruitment 80% adrift of target after first year
National professional qualification providers blamed the pandemic and the ‘significant strain’ it continues to place on the sector for the low take-up
DfE school strike data trawl can be ignored, heads told
Leaders advised they have no legal obligation to respond to a government email requesting information about school closures as teachers walk out next week
How to approach ‘difficult knowledge’ in the classroom
Encountering knowledge that provokes uncomfortable reactions can be disruptive in class. But, with the right scaffolding, students can learn a lot, say teacher educators Debra Williams-Gualandi and Elke Van dermijnsbrugge
Teacher job cuts will be blocked, says Sturgeon
‘It would not be acceptable to me or to the Scottish government to see teacher numbers fall,’ says first minister Nicola Sturgeon
