Friday
Record rise in Ofsted inspections of suspected illegal schools
Inspectorate says the increase in inspections may reflect greater awareness of the problem of illegal schools, but warns legal loopholes still make it too easy to evade prosecution
Rural Scotland has a school buildings ‘emergency’, minister told
More than a third of Highland school buildings being in disrepair is a sign of ‘clear neglect of rural education’, hears the Scottish Parliament
Swinney says he was no ‘bystander’ during Covid exams fiasco
Scottish first minister tells UK Covid inquiry that ministers took an ‘arm’s-length’ approach to alternative qualifications and assessment during pandemic
Former minister: MAT inspections must not set trusts’ priorities
Former academies minister calls on DfE to set out plans for new multi-academy trust inspection regime
Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem
The latest phonics screening check data is further proof that teaching reading is not ‘done’ at the end of KS1, writes Claire Heald
Only 6 per cent of Sendcos can complete their tasks in work hours
The government’s SEND reforms must ensure that special educational needs coordinators get better support, say experts, as exclusive data reveals their ‘unsustainable’ workload
Trust CEO median pay rises 4 per cent in a year
Pay for academy trust chief executives has risen in line with teacher awards, CST survey shows, but remains below the top rate for maintained-school heads
Thursday
Girls facing inequalities ‘less likely to do physical activity’
Survey by Youth Sport Trust also finds disadvantaged female pupils less likely than their peers to be confident about physical activity
What’s really driving the school attendance crisis?
New analysis sheds light on the key factors affecting student attendance and how those factors interact, in sometimes surprising ways
Inclusion ‘by design’: why it matters and how to do it
With the new Ofsted framework taking a broad view of inclusion, it’s even more important to make teaching inclusive ‘by design’ and not by accident, suggests Alex Quigley
Wednesday
Scottish teachers in strike ballot over contact time ‘dithering’
EIS union says teachers are ‘continuing to toil under excessive workload burdens’ after a wait of more than four years for the government promise of reduced contact time to be delivered
The end of English ITT bursaries sends a worrying message
The withdrawal of teacher training bursaries for English risks undermining more than just the subject itself – and it comes at a critical time, warns Sarah Mullin
