Thursday
‘End the scandal of temporary contracts in education’
Teaching union tells new education secretary that Covid recovery requires more teachers on permanent contracts
Schools’ handling of Covid backed by 90% of parents
Ofsted’s annual parents survey finds nine in ten think that their child’s school has handled the pandemic well
Physical activity ‘can help to close achievement gap’
Academics warn schools against limiting physical activity in an attempt to ensure that pupils catch up academically
Heads’ growing ‘fears’ over recycled Covid cash
Nearly a third of education fund has been sourced from underspends or existing budgets, IFS finds
Target teacher pay to stop post-Covid exodus, DfE told
Government pay policies and a recovering economy could lead to more teachers quitting, warns report
Wednesday
New junior education ministers announced
Shirley-Anne Somerville was appointed as Scotland’s education and skills secretary earlier today
Scaling up ‘a challenge’, admits national tutor scheme
Schools can use wider catch-up funding to employ their own tutors, says NTP leader
DfE’s ‘levelling up’ plan: all teachers need to know
How the government plans to grow multi-academy trusts and expand reach of the Opportunity Areas programme
Extended school day could bring teachers flexi working
Flexible working is one of ‘big parts’ of the profession that need to be modernised, Outwood Grange chief executive tells MPs
What did John Swinney achieve as education secretary?
In 2016, John Swinney was enthusiastically received but in past year, he faced two no-confidence votes
Masks: We may be guinea pigs, but I can hear pupils now
Despite concerns about the Indian variant, there are aspects of the decline of the mask that make me happy, says Sarah Ledger
Shirley-Anne Somerville is new education secretary
John Swinney’s successor will have no time to draw breath amid concerns over SQA assessment
