General
Thursday
3rd Nov 2022
Does pollution affect learning?
As research suggesting pollution has a negative effect on our health piles up, Kate Parker looks at whether this extends to learning
School support staff accept pay rise of almost £2k
Pay offer negotiated by unions equates to a 10.5 per cent increase for the lowest-paid school support staff
Headteacher anxiety levels doubled during pandemic
Fears for the recruitment of future school leaders as new figures show a drop in the proportion of deputy and assistant heads wanting to become headteachers
Good school leaders best for happy staff
Quality of leadership is key to staff satisfaction, according to a new study, which also found a link between staff and pupil wellbeing
Wednesday
2nd Nov 2022
Cruddas urges ministers to tackle retention and recruitment
Academies sector leader Leora Cruddas tells the Westminster Education Forum that action is needed to address ‘fragility’ in the school system on funding and teacher supply
MAT chief: Give councils power to trigger academy rebrokering
But Sir Jon Coles, CEO of United Learning, says local authorities should not have a role running multi-academy trusts
Scrap catch-up subsidy clause or cash will go ‘unspent’, Gibb warned
Exclusive: Schools minister urged to remove the requirement for schools to subsidise 40% tutoring costs to increase take-up
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Oak: Resources will only be available in the UK
Oak will give specific exceptions for international access in times of crisis, such as the war in Ukraine
Exclusive: Academy target at risk as trusts fight for ‘survival’
The government’s target for all schools to be in a multi-academy trust by 2030 is in jeopardy because financial pressures have forced trusts to halt expansion, experts warn
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Will a machine soon be doing your marking?
With an increasing number of AI-powered feedback generators in development, machine learning looks set to cut teachers’ marking workloads. But how close are we to that reality, and would the sector welcome it? Zofia Niemtus and Kate Parker investigate
DfE accused of ‘gaslighting’ teacher training providers
Teacher training leader questions assurances that he was given by the government over the controversial shake-up of the sector
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