Thursday
DfE under fire over catch-up target confusion amid NTP ‘challenges’
Schools minister admits to ‘challenges’ and that the government ‘needs to keep doing better’ over its flagship Covid catch-up programme
Ditch Russian energy firm from school supplier list, say heads
Exclusive: The government has come under pressure to remove Gazprom from the Crown Commercial Service’s School Switch service
Schoolboy is youngest ever petitioner to Scottish Parliament
7-year-old Callum Isted wants to replace the disposable bottles of water given to primary school pupils with their lunches with reusable bottles
The end of Covid rules: 3 key legal issues for schools
Lawyers explain what the end of the legal requirement to self-isolate means for schools when pupils or staff test positive or show Covid symptoms
Wednesday
Ofsted delays early career provider inspections
Inspections of ECF and NPQ providers have been put back by 12 months
Big fall in applications to teaching courses
Applications to initial teacher education have dropped below pre-Covid levels, new Scottish figures show – but universities say demand is ‘still high’
Tuesday
What it feels like to take off our masks after 16 months
A lot has changed since Scotland introduced rules on face coverings in classrooms in November 2020, says Alan Gillespie
3 teacher phrases I must stop using
Scottish teacher Jamie Thom has made it his mission in 2022 to stop saying these pointless phrases in the classroom
Do lesson hooks still have value?
Lesson hooks used to be common practice, but teachers are increasingly turning to retrieval practice to start their lessons. Here, two teachers go head to head about the impact lesson hooks can have...
Teacher strike continues after pension deal rejected
Teachers at 23 private schools are resuming strike action over the Girls’ Day School Trust’s planned pension scheme changes
NEU withdraws ‘terrible’ Ukraine statement
The teaching union has said the statement has been withdrawn ‘pending further discussion’
