Monday
School buildings need at least £4.4bn extra a year, PM told
RAAC crisis has shone a light on chronic underfunding for school buildings, unions and governors tell Rishi Sunak
British Baccalaureate: the wrong idea at the wrong time
There’s no point designing new qualifications if there’s no one there to teach them and no resources to teach them with, argues Sam Freedman
Friday
Sunak’s British Baccalaureate is a ‘sketchy slogan’
Education experts question whether the prime minister’s post-16 plan would mean replacing A levels and warn there are ‘nowhere near enough teachers’ to deliver it
91¶¶Òõ News podcast: Ofsted under the microscope
Join the 91¶¶Òõ News team as they discuss exclusive stories from this week, revealing a spike in Ofsted complaints and a widening gulf between the watchdog and school leaders
NDAs: silencing teachers or empowering them?
Non-disclosure agreements can help to resolve difficult workplace situations in confidence – but some warn they are being abused to stop staff blowing the whistle
Thursday
‘Little or no progress’ on class-contact time promise
Call for ‘clarity on the precise details’ of plan to reduce Scottish teachers’ time with classes by 90 minutes a week
Why heads need to stop giving Ofsted its power
Schools are too willing to imbue Ofsted with a power that gives it excessive influence on education – but that can be wrestled back, says Geraint Jones
Monday
Why non-specialist teaching is harming retention
Asking new teachers to take on subjects outside their specialism is having a major impact on teacher recruitment and retention, says Hari Rentala from the Institute of Physics
The battle to make sure research drives education policy
If government education policy is to fuel improvements in schools then it needs to be based on research – but the past 10 years shows how the evidence often gets ignored
