General
Wednesday
21st Apr 2021
Revealed: How teachers can boost languages learning
Helping students to form ‘multilingual identities’ could help address the decline in language learning, according to researchers
Ofsted: Schools ‘behind’ on curriculum during pandemic
Watchdog found ‘more work’ needed on curriculum planning in certain subjects during spring term visits
Tuesday
20th Apr 2021
Pioneering teacher inspires new equality award
Nominations invited for teachers who have ‘gone above and beyond’ in fighting for equality and diversity
Will government’s £750k crackdown on rape culture work?
The government has set aside £750k to tackle rape culture in schools – but is money alone enough, asks Ian Rivers
Parents withdraw pupils from school mental health help
Families opting out of government scheme due to ‘stigma’, pilot school warns
Shielding pupils to return to Scottish schools
School buildings in Scotland are at their busiest since before Christmas – and now shielding pupils are to return
Revealed: The 8 lead schools for teacher flexi working
DfE unveils eight schools and trusts to lead its drive to promote flexible working to keep teachers in the profession
Exclusive: Teacher trainers’ Covid cash cut by a third
Trainees not on track to qualify by summer can extend courses into next year – but financial help for providers is cut
Exclusive: £121m for Institute of Teaching over 6 years
DfE seeking bidders for Institute to train 1,000 new teachers a year – but trainers question ‘value’ of the scheme
Private schools should be ‘phased out’, says report
There is ‘no place for private schools’ in a country that sees education as ‘a public good’, report argues
‘Up to £15bn needed’ for Covid catch-up
Call for Sir Kevan Collins’ work as recovery commissioner to be backed up by ‘much larger’ government funding levels
Schools to fight Covid ‘misery’ with national arts fest
Schools urged to fill social media with paintings, drawings, poems, music, dance and drama for new festival