Thursday
Widen ‘strict’ workforce fund criteria, DfE told
Exclusive: Heads’ union says more schools should be able to benefit from the workforce fund as data shows only 4 per cent of schools applied last year
Sturgeon: Cutting class-contact time is priority
First minister responds to concerns about teachers’ mental health and wellbeing raised in an EIS teaching union survey
A Christmas Carol: the teacher wellbeing edition
Worries about work can spoil your Christmas – here, one teacher shares the lessons he’s learned when they’ve consumed him
Wednesday
Exclusive: Online learning rises by up to 92%
The areas that have seen the biggest switch to online learning this term have been revealed by new research
Biggest primary academy chain appoints new chief
REAch2 announces new chief executive officer as Sir Steve Lancashire steps down
Secondary teacher trainee pandemic boost evaporates
The number of trainees in secondary subjects overall falls further behind target than pre-pandemic levels
Tuesday
Academy conversions drop by half
Expansion of the academies programme has been slowing down year on year since 2016, a new DfE report shows
Sturgeon: priority remains to reopen schools ‘as normal’
Stringent limits on attending sports and new year events are among measures to ensure schools can open after Christmas
One in six academy trusts paying top earners over £150k
New figures show 17 per cent of trusts awarded at least one staff member salary and pension package over £150,000 in 2019-20
Harness expert teachers’ knowledge and skills, says GTCS
Body also calls for a ‘continuum of learning’ for new teachers – stressing that ‘initial teacher education is indeed that – initial’
Does contact with authors really improve literacy?
Engaging with children’s authors takes time and effort – but it pays off in the classroom, argues Larraine Harrison
