Wednesday
Schools get £579m to employ their own catch-up tutors
New direct-to-schools fund will get more cash than National Tutoring Programme, but schools will be expected to contribute
Catch-up tutoring to be led by private outsourcing firm
DfE confirms that Dutch multinational Randstad will be the supplier of the National Tutoring Programme from September, with support from Teach First
Tuesday
Labour’s £14.7bn catch-up plan to boost pupil premium
Pupil premium funds for disadvantaged children should be doubled in Years 1, 7 and 11, Labour says
‘My students aren’t failing - the system is’
The stress of this year’s unfair assessment system in Scotland could easily have been avoided, says this teacher
Extended school day: Heads’ caution on extra 100 hours
Heads say the ‘devil is in the detail’ on extended school day and plans will ‘fall at the first hurdle’ without funding
New bid to secure SQA and Education Scotland reform
Lib Dems aim to ‘secure the will of Parliament’ to remodel the national qualifications and curriculum development bodies
Extended school day: Battle to save the plan heats up
Leaked report of recovery plan for 100 hours’ extra schooling seen as ‘last-ditch’ attempt to force the Treasury’s hand
Sunday
Exclusive: Extended school day plan hit by lack of cash
Ministers’ hopes of securing billions from the Treasury to pay for more school hours as a key catch-up strategy are fading, Tes has been told
Wellbeing: is Spices the answer to happier students?
In this moment of re-evaluation, an approach called Spices could be just what young people need, says Jo Steer
