Tuesday
Behaviour: DfE warned about promoting ‘punitive’ approach
School leaders feel compelled to use escalating punitive measures to manage students’ behaviour, even though they recognise that these fail some pupils, says report
Safeguarding: 7 tips for managing rising concerns
With safeguarding concerns rocketing in schools, these steps will ensure that staff can cope with rising referrals and that all incidents are logged and acted on appropriately
Thursday
Commissioner tells DfE to fulfil pledge to create not-in-school register
Children’s commissioner urges the government to ensure that children in care are attending ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ schools every day
GCSEs: Soaring food prices ‘likely’ to hit grades
Experts say eligibility criteria for free school meals needs ‘urgent review’ as students are going hungry
Friday
Call for careers teachers to inject ‘inspiration’ into curriculum
The secondary school curriculum is ‘broken’ and needs to be reformed to make careers education a mainstream feature, experts tell House of Lords committee
What to do after a student makes a disclosure
A student has raised a safeguarding concern, but what happens next? Safeguarding lead Thomas Michael sets out the steps
