General
Thursday
1st Apr 2021
Tech trends changing international education
Throughout the pandemic, international schools turned to technology to adapt to the situation as it unfolded. Dan Worth finds out which of these innovations is likely to last long into the future
Covid jabs for pupils suggested by government adviser
Vaccinating pupils could guard against further disruption to their education, says expert
Composite classes ‘highly beneficial’ for attainment
New research also finds that ‘class structure may be more important for attainment than class size’
Teachers deserve the truth about the DfE’s Covid cash
The DfE’s repeated failure to be transparent over catch-up funding further erodes teachers’ trust, warns William Stewart
Exclusive: Catch-up ‘could trigger teacher burnout’
‘Sustainable approach’ needed for catch-up or else schools could ‘lose valuable teachers’, union leader warns
Wednesday
31st Mar 2021
Race and Ethnic Disparities: What teachers need to know
School resources should be politically neutral, says report
Government launches review into school sexual abuse
Ofsted will investigate safeguarding policies in both state and independent schools, DfE says
Teaching ‘should focus on UK influence during empire’
Report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities will be ‘seen by many as an insult’, warn headteachers
Discouraging pupils from reporting abuse ‘a disgrace’
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry hears from the head of a boarding school for armed services families
‘Rape culture’: Children’s tsar wants Ofsted ‘focus’
Dame Rachel de Souza also says there are ‘questions to be asked’ about Ofsted monitoring private school safeguarding
Summer schools? Children were learning at home
Instead of worrying about lost learning, maybe we should look at the skills pupils gained in lockdown, says Gavin Booth
Exclusion of looked-after pupils ‘to end by 2024’
New care review plan says Scottish schools must ‘know and cherish’ their care-experienced pupils