Thursday
WIlliamson quizzed over 2021-22 NTP contract
Shadow education secretary says the education secretary is focusing on the ‘wrong priorities’ following the impact of the pandemic
Child abuse inquiry hears impact of beatings in school
Former boarding school student tells how beatings ‘still disturb me’ decades later
Collection of English and maths attainment data halted
But only in secondaries as primary school data will still be gathered to monitor Covid impact on the attainment gap
Why we need positive discrimination in our schools
Conventional uses of pupil premium funding help affluent pupils just as much as the disadvantaged, says Mark Unwin
Why league tables don’t reflect schools’ amazing work
A school feels ‘under attack’ when put at the bottom of a narrow-focused league table, says headteacher Shelley McLaren
Top scientist: ‘It’s dangerous not to wear masks now’
Given the risk of new Covid variants, it’s not the time to take masks out of classrooms, says Professor Trish Greenhalgh
CPD: How well are you reflecting on your practice?
Reflection is a key part of teacher professional development – and schools must support it, say two PRU leaders
Not enough support for SEND pupils, warns Ofsted
Watchdog finds that some schools are delivering a curriculum that does not meet SEND pupils’ needs
Ofsted: TAs need subject training to help SEND pupils
Watchdog says teaching assistants need ‘robust subject-specific’ knowledge to better support SEND pupils in mainstream
Wednesday
Covid inquiry must probe DfE response, say teachers
Union warns that ‘lessons must be learned’ from the government’s record on education during the pandemic
Ofsted: Six ways to improve RE teaching
Inspectorate sets out what it believes are the key factors to a successful religious education curriculum
Teachers ‘being set up to take the fall’ over exams
Opposition MSPs also hit out at ‘farcical suggestion’ that pupils will be punished for sharing exam details
