Tuesday
Need to know: What Covid winter plan means for schools
Ministers plan to relinquish powers to order closures while retaining the right to force schools to stay open
Ofsted told to write to MPs over off-rolling omission
Committee chair accuses inspectorate of ‘chickening out’ of naming the problem in school reports
‘Invisible’ Ofsted blamed for ‘patchy’ remote learning
Robert Halfon says learning loss would not have been so extreme in first lockdown if Ofsted had been more proactive
Ofsted to visit more MATs from next term
Evaluations of multi-academy trusts will mirror inspection framework, with 12 planned for spring term
Food parcels were put ahead of education, says Spielman
Ofsted chief says it was ‘less obvious to some’ schools early in the crisis that they should work on a ‘full’ remote learning offer
Union warns of ‘exodus’ of school leaders over pay
Headteachers say pay freeze is a ‘slap in the face’ and will weaken school leadership pipeline
Heads’ plan to replace Sats and curb academy freedoms
School leaders’ union sets out vision for overhauling assessment, inspections and admissions
Friday
Law to make academies give careers advice backed by MPs
Conservative MP brings bill to ensure that careers advice is offered to all students throughout secondary school
More than 38,000 pupils off school because of Covid
The latest official figures for Scotland also show almost one in five S4 pupils not in school on Tuesday
Tes Quiz: 10 September 2021
Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz
Let’s put an end to jargon-ridden language in education
Communication in Scottish education can be so verbose, baffling and, frankly, silly that it could be straight out of a Monty Python sketch, says Henry Hepburn
