Monday
‘Worsening’ risk of school buildings collapsing, says DfE
The safety risk posed by dilapidated school buildings is now being investigated by a cross-governmental group of top officials, DfE report reveals
Teaching union announces more Scottish strike dates
Scottish teaching unions will take combined strike action over pay on the same two days in January
More teachers buying pupils clothes and food
More teachers are stepping in to help pupils with non-academic matters than five years ago, according to research for the new Commission on Teacher Retention
Investigation: How vulnerable pupils are still hit with digital disadvantage
Post-pandemic, technology is a bigger part of learning than ever before – but the most vulnerable children are still struggling to find equity in access to it, finds Simon Creasey
Friday
A toast to surviving the year of five education secretaries
Geoff Barton tells the tale of 2022 and explains why everyone in education should find time to unwind after another bruising 12 months
Revealed: 32.5-hour week target missing from Ofsted reports
School leaders’ unions call for clarity on government plan for a minimum 32.5-hour week
Primary pupil illness matches Omicron peak
Absence last week matches highest rate during January Covid wave, with 7.1 per cent of primary pupils off school ill
Scottish Budget: ‘Little for education or teachers’
General secretary of the EIS, Scotland’s biggest teaching union, outlines her disappointment with a Budget where education did not feature prominently
Investigation: What’s behind Scotland’s ‘behaviour emergency’?
School leaders in Scotland say the pandemic has led to behaviour problems like never before – but views about how to respond differ, finds Emma Seith
Thursday
Teachers feel ‘powerless’ over pupil safety
Government report on serious case reviews says relations between schools and children’s social care in a ‘stalemate’
Headteachers’ union deputy leader to stand down
Nick Brook will quit the NAHT in March and join social mobility charity Speakers for Schools
GCSEs: Ofqual to act on missing papers and examiner shortages
Exam watchdog report sets out the key challenges faced during the return to GCSE and A-level exams this summer
