Policy

The latest news, analysis and advice on government policy and legislation. Find a breakdown of new documentation, case studies from leaders and comment from high-profile educators

Friday

29th Apr 2022

Send ministers back to school to learn leadership, union boss says
NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman is set to criticise the government for ‘an absolute failure of political leadership’
Call to ban permanent exclusions in primary schools
Longfield report says schools should only get good Ofsted ratings if they are proven to be inclusive
A new report has called for permanent exclusions in primary schools to be banned.
Parents call for action on teacher wellbeing
Seven in 10 parents want more to be done to reduce teacher stress, according to a YouGov poll
Wellbeing, Stress

Thursday

28th Apr 2022

New investment areas ‘miss underperforming schools’
Exclusive: Levelling-up support needed by individual schools rather than whole local authorities, finds research

Wednesday

27th Apr 2022

Social mobility tsar: Girls shun physics due to ‘hard maths’
Katharine Birbalsingh was urged to apologise after her comments to MPs on diversity and inclusion in Stem subjects
katharine birbalsingh social mobility tsar
Why grammar schools should embrace joining mixed-model MATs
Grammar schools have nothing to fear from mixed-model multi-academy trusts, says Stuart Gardner
MATs, grammar, schools, mixed-model
DfE: Council MATs to harness ‘high quality’ maintained schools
Minister urges maintained schools and single academy trusts to share their vision through MATs
The DfE has urged high quality maintained schools to help form local authority multi academy trusts
The end of the primary head? A warning from Scotland
Recruitment difficulties and cost pressures are leading Scottish councils to attempt to bring primary and secondary schools together under one headteacher, a move riddled with issues for Scotland and with big lessons for other countries
The eradication of the primary head: a lesson from Scotland

Tuesday

26th Apr 2022

Scottish council elections: key education manifesto pledges
From longer school days to more free school meals, we look at five manifesto pledges from each of the main parties
Scotland, Election
Education must agree its purpose - or remain a polarised profession
After a Twitterstorm erupted after their last article, Tim Brighouse and Mick Waters worry about how quick education is to polarise itself, especially at a time when agreeing education’s key purpose is needed more than ever
Education must agree its purpose - or remain a polarised profession

Friday

22nd Apr 2022

Need to know: SEND advisers, NTP bid and phonics
A roundup of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including new government SEND advisers, NTP contract bids and how phonics became an education culture war
Round, Up, SEND, NTP, Phonics
Randstad to make fresh catch-up bid if in schools’ ‘best interests’
Exclusive: Randstad’s National Tutoring Programme director Karen Guthrie speaks to 91¶¶Òõ on the firm’s much-slated handling of the government’s flagship education recovery effort