General
Wednesday
19th Oct 2022
New education agency could become ‘Frankenstein organisation’
Prominent academic voices further concerns about the way education reform in Scotland is being taken forward
Prioritise safeguarding checks over inspections, Ofsted urged
Exclusive: Former senior inspectors call for major overhaul of Ofsted regime for schools
Former HMIs: Why Ofsted needs to change its priorities
Six former inspectors outline where the current Ofsted inspection framework is going wrong and what needs to change – including making safeguarding the top priority
Scottish school named one of the world’s best
Dunoon Grammar has won the inaugural World’s Best School Prize for community collaboration and now will share in the $250,000 prize money
Scottish secondary teachers to vote on strike action
Closing schools through strikes is ‘the only way that Cosla and the Scottish government will be forced to negotiate’ over teacher pay, warns SSTA president
What is the ideal school size?
As large schools become more common, teacher Clare Deal began to wonder if school size could be having a negative effect on pupils’ sense of belonging. So, she set out to examine the evidence
Tuesday
18th Oct 2022
3 essentials for schools giving digital devices to pupils
Technology can be helpful and liberating in schools, but Kenneth Primrose says teachers must foster wisdom and self-control around the use of devices
NEU could hold strike action by end of January 2023
The teaching union announces strike ballot dates for teachers and support staff in pay dispute
GCSEs: How Progress 8 has impacted lower-attaining pupils
New research looks at whether the Progress 8 performance measure ‘encouraged schools to work more equitably’
Welsh school leaders to be balloted on strike action
NAHT Cymru is proceeding with a formal strike ballot after an informal vote suggested that 64 per cent of respondents would be willing to strike over pay and funding
School leaders’ union to launch formal ballot on striking over pay
NAHT members will be asked if they support strike action and action short of a strike over pay and funding