Thursday
Appeal for ideas to boost ‘fragile’ Gaelic language
Education secretary calls for views on how to help the Gaelic language grow in Scotland
Government proposes new skills fund for adult education
DfE launches consultation on how further education funding and accountability should work in the future
Free skills courses to be expanded, government says
DfE reveals more measures ‘to boost nation’s skills, level up opportunities and get more people into better-paid jobs’
DfE chief: ‘We could have done better’ on catch-up plan
Permanent secretary says government should have ensured there was a ‘shared’ set of expectations on Covid education recovery
Teacher pay delay could help school budgets, says DfE
Teacher starting salaries were meant to rise to £30K this September but delay is giving schools ‘headroom’ in their budgets, MPs told
Teachers need job security to drive Covid recovery
Teachers have worked flat out and should not be struggling to find secure jobs, says Willie Rennie
£500 extra for CPD ‘could stop thousands quitting’
Thousands of teachers could be retained if each got 35 hours of formal high-quality CPD per year, says think tank
Wednesday
Covid learning loss ‘compounded’ by catch-up delay
Former catch-up tsar warns one-year delay to further catch-up plans due to spending review will come at a ‘heavy price’
Avoid ‘out of date’ history teaching, warns Ofsted
The watchdog suggests key historical concepts must be taught using repeated, specific examples, in new subject review
ITT plans ‘pose catastrophic risk’ to teacher supply
Fears for initial teacher training providers in disadvantaged areas under government plans to reform sector
Ofsted rates ITT providers ‘inadequate’ in new checks
Until today all initial teacher training providers were rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by the inspectorate
Why using ‘classic’ children’s books can be problematic
‘Classic’ texts can often bring damaging assumptions and representations to the classroom – we need to reset our choices, says Laura Ovenden
