Monday
Daily Covid tests: What schools need to know
Covid contacts as young as 5 will be expected to take a week of lateral flow tests in new national approach
School leaders ‘in dark’ on Omicron contact testing plan
School leaders say lateral flow test plan for children as young as five feels ‘rushed’
Omicron: Heads warn of school closures
Teaching union calls for staggered school start in January amid fears new Covid variant will cause ‘chaos’ in schools
47% of ‘outstanding’ schools inspected this term lose status
Ofsted’s new inspection data shows nearly half of top schools downgraded, but says that schools fared better this term than pre-pandemic under curriculum-focused framework
Survey of 16,000 teachers shows support for Covid measures
Survey results come after union calls for early school closures before Christmas
Friday
DfE pushes teacher training shake-up start back to 2024
£35.7m unveiled for ITT changes now due in September 2024 but sector says fears over reaccreditation process “ignored”
Call for teacher training shake-up delay
UCET has written to the schools minister to call for an urgent reprieve on first round of ITT reaccreditations amid Omicron rise
What would you do with a teacher sabbatical?
A national education body has proposed sabbaticals as a way to improve teachers’ skills and drive innovation
Commissioner concerned by ‘significant’ drop in SQA appeals
Commissioner highlights ‘the unjustifiable narrowness’ of appeal grounds in 2021 – particularly when it came to discrimination
School sickness at highest level as Covid cases soar
Pupils off sick at highest rate since September 2020, as Covid cases shown to be greatest among school students
Round-up: DfE Christmas party, Ofsted and Doug Lemov
Tes presents a round-up of key news and features to keep you up to date with the latest in the world of education
