Thursday
GCSEs: Third of students improve grades in autumn exams
Around one in three students achieved better results in exams than in their teacher-assessed grades from last summer
Heads urged to promote vaccine for pupils aged 12 to 15
Government plea comes as new poll suggests most parents oppose teenage pupils receiving second dose of Covid jab
A ‘piecemeal approach to education recovery’ helps no one
The CEO of a multi-academy trust says the government’s School Recovery Strategies reveal the major flaw in the heart of educational recovery plans – and one that needs fixing, fast
Warning of school funding cuts this year
Politicians in Scotland claim that schools are facing a ’£100 million cut to core budgets’ – so where will the axe fall?
Wednesday
DfE has no Covid threshold for moving schools online
Robin Walker also tells MPs the decision to run exams this summer is constantly under review
Revealed: Teachers who stay in the job earn more
Workload and a lack of flexible working may be ‘more significant factors’ than pay for teachers who quit, new research finds
DfE: Relax uniform rules and open windows briefly
Government offers schools advice on how to keep classrooms ventilated to guard against Covid without pupils getting cold this term
10 questions with... Kenneth Taylor
The head of a top music school talks about the need for courage in leadership and the CPD that still influences him decades later
Retired teachers return in ‘exceptionally low’ numbers
Only a ‘very small’ number of retired teachers responded to a 2020 Scottish government appeal to return to schools
Randstad says schools lack ‘bandwidth’ to sign-up to NTP
National Tutoring Programme chief says 300k pupils have accessed the programme so far
The rise of SEND ‘magnet schools’
The long-awaited SEND review is due in the next few months. Watching closely is a cohort of schools hoping that the report will address a growing gap – one between those schools with high numbers of pupils with SEND, and those with very few
Curriculum maps: are they worth the effort?
The usefulness of curriculum maps in the classroom is often debated – here, two teachers on different sides of the fence go head to head
