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Thursday

The National Institute of Teaching: All you need to know
The contract for the National Institute of Teaching was announced today – but what exactly will the organisation do, where is it based and who’s behind it? Tes gives you the lowdown
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Herrington quits as national schools commissioner
Dominic Herrington to leave DfE amid shake up of how department oversees schools
Dominic Herrington is leaving his role as national schools commissioner.
Most ECF tutors and mentors say workload ‘too much’
Nearly half of early career teachers are finding it difficult to spend time on the ECF training programme alongside their teaching workload
ECF, tutors, workload
Exclusive: Randstad bid to run catch-up despite missing targets
The DfE ‘has work to do’ to convince schools of the merits of the National Tutoring Programme, warn unions, as new DfE data shows patchy take-up
Labour have called for answers over the decision to award Randstad extra funding amid criticism of the National Tutoring Programme's delivery.
‘Vital’ schools given ‘seat at safeguarding table’, says review
National review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson says schools’ role in safeguarding should be strengthened
Covid: Nearly 1 in 4 pupils persistently absent in autumn term
DfE data shows illnesses, including Covid, pushed number of persistently absent pupils to 1.6 million
Covid rates led to more than 1.5 million pupils being persistently absent in the first term of the academic year.
Should we keep remote parents’ evenings?
Many schools are weighing up whether to return to in-person parents’ evenings or keep them online. Here, two teachers consider the pros and cons
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What changes to grievance meeting law could mean for schools
After claims the government wants to broaden the scope of who teachers can bring to grievance meetings, an education lawyer outlines the rationale for the change – and what the legal impact could be on teachers and schools
What changes to grievance meeting law could mean for schools
SLDT given £121m Institute of Teaching go-ahead
Announcement part of ‘determination’ to make England ‘best place in the world to be a teacher’, schools minister writes on Tes today