Wednesday
School closures on cards over local government pay dispute
Scottish schools and nurseries poised to close for strike action after local government workers vote to reject pay offer
Should schools have greater oversight of edtech?
As edtech becomes more commonplace across school estates, is it time to provide leaders with more information about the firms they are buying products from? Dan Worth reports
Tuesday
£1bn support-staff pay rise could ‘break’ school budgets
School leaders have warned that their finances are becoming ‘unsustainable’ without extra funding owing to news that support staff are to receive pay increases of up to 10.5 per cent
Ofsted doesn’t know how many deep dives each subject gets
Exclusive: ‘Astonishing’ that Ofsted can’t say how much scrutiny individual subjects received this year, says former inspector
Sunak wants every Ofsted inspection to rate PE lessons
Former chancellor also vows to ‘tighten up’ rules on what PE and sports premium can be spent on
Why every school leaver should have experience of Gaelic
Scottish secondary schools ‘rarely’ offer Gaelic as a modern language – that must change, says Bòrd na Gàidhlig director
How self-determination theory can boost your teaching
Focusing on autonomy, competence and relatedness has improved student motivation and boosted learning, says this teacher
Staff pay: special schools ‘on fast track to unviability’
Job cuts, bigger classes and deficits are among ‘disastrous’ effects of ‘unfunded’ pay rises, warn special school leaders
Searching students: 7 key changes schools need to know for September
New DfE guidance for schools on searching, screening and confiscation comes into effect from September 2022. We round up the key information schools need to be aware of
NTP: Give schools higher subsidies for better-quality tutors, DfE told
A report from youth charity Impetus suggests a series of reforms to the National Tutoring Programme but a professional body for tutors has questioned their feasibility
