Thursday
Teaching assistant workload flagged in new pay talks
Union asks if extra work of teaching assistants during pandemic is sustainable as it re-enters urgent talks seeking 10 per cent pay rise
Delays to teacher pay talks ‘not conducive to recovery’
Scotland’s biggest teaching union says it is ‘frustrated and disappointed’ over slow pace of pay negotiations
New ‘lead teacher’ posts to be introduced in August
But union boss says plans have been ‘watered down’, citing lack of leadership and funding
Tough online law ‘needed to fight pupil harassment’
Tech companies must be compelled to do more to protect pupils under new online harms law, says NSPCC
Teaching job interviews: how to withdraw on the day
If you go to a teacher job interview and feel that the role just isn’t for you, what should do?
‘Huge increase’ in need for pupil mental health support
EIS president calls for better support for pupils who have suffered grief, loss, domestic abuse and hunger
Assume sexual harassment is in your school, heads told
Nearly 9 in 10 girls say they or their peers are sent unwanted explicit imagery they did not want to see ‘a lot’ or ‘sometimes’
Sex education: Teacher knowledge ‘poor’, finds Ofsted
Ofsted review of sexual harassment in schools also finds ‘significant gaps in curriculum coverage’
Sex harassment: School inspections ‘not robust enough’
Independent Schools Inspectorate to share data on schools failing standards with the DfE from September
Train teachers on sex abuse on Inset days, schools told
Headteachers should dedicate one of their staff training days to focus on dealing with sexual abuse and harassment among pupils
Wednesday
Exclusive: Boys’ sexual misconduct not down to teachers
Most people believe parents, not teachers, should be held accountable for sexual harassment by boys, poll shows
‘Leave education to people who know what they’re doing’
Education bodies such as SQA and Education Scotland need more independence from government to serve schools best, says headteacher Rod Grant
