Wednesday
Don’t let attendance drive damage SEND inclusion, DfE told
A cross-party committee of MPs has written to education secretary James Cleverly to ask how the Schools White Paper will work in “conjunction” with the SEND review
GCSEs 2022: Make Covid impact clear in league tables, says regulator
Statistics watchdog says league tables remain an important indicator for the country’s education system
KS2 Sats results: what secondary leaders need to know
A closer look at the data suggests a brighter picture, says this primary leader
GCSEs 2022: Fine boards over exam paper errors, say MPs
Chair of the Commons Education Select Committee calls for full marks to be issued on papers where errors were made this year due to exam board ‘negligence’
Will Quince will lead SEND reforms as schools minister
Former children’s minister will carry on taking responsibility for the SEND Green Paper proposals in his new role
Plan for new Welsh schools announced - but what about staff?
There are plans to open 23 new Welsh-medium primary schools – but the government has not hit its targets for the number of Welsh language teachers
Will Quince named as schools minister
The former children and families minister shifts briefs under the new DfE regime
Tuesday
Mindfulness ‘has no impact on student wellbeing’
Teachers may not be best-placed to deliver mental health strategies without ‘considerable training and support’, finds research
Academies review panel ‘disappointing’, say sector leaders
Exclusive: Fears have been raised about omissions from the government’s new academies policy review panel
School rebuilding plans fall ‘woefully short’, say leaders
The School Rebuilding Programme was launched with a commitment to replace or refurbish buildings at 500 schools but over 1,000 have been nominated for it
Revealed: National Institute of Teaching’s permanent chief
Exclusive: The founding CEO of the new ‘flagship’ teacher training provider the National Institute of Teaching has been handed the role permanently
Attendance: almost 1 in 5 secondary students off school
Teacher absence increased by more than a fifth in two weeks amid a rise in Covid cases, official figures show
