Friday
P4s could work out acceptable teacher pay offer, says EIS chief
EIS general secretary makes her comments to AGM delegates as she formally opens a ballot on industrial action over workload
EU scheme ‘could boost language teacher pipeline’
Plan comes as figures suggest language assistant hires have fallen for the first time in five years
Thursday
Gilruth told to act on violence before a teacher is killed
Education secretary asked if it will ‘take a teacher being murdered at work’ to see ‘real action to protect staff from violence and aggression in schools’
Secondary teachers move closer to striking over contact time
Teachers in Scotland have lost patience over the slow progress on cutting class-contact time by 90 minutes a week, says SSTA
Primary schools not included in DfE’s 6,500 new teacher target
Government confirms its target will only be based on teachers in secondaries, special schools and colleges
I know pupils will benefit from this game-changing new FSM policy
Co-chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable Keziah Featherstone says there is no doubt pupils’ lives and education success will benefit from the changes to free school meals
Tuesday
Pay special school staff as ‘consultants’ for mainstream, MPs told
Catholic Education Service tells SEND inquiry that special schools should be recognised as centres of excellence, with ‘consultant’ staff given extra pay, like in medicine
Fact check: are school breakfast clubs getting 60p per pupil?
The DfE disputes the amount being widely quoted as the going rate – so how much are schools in the government’s breakfast clubs pilot actually getting?
Monday
DfE appoints new ‘school leader advisor’
Headteacher Andrew O’Neill will take the role for 12 months and assist the government in creating and rolling out policy
Ethical dilemmas: driving up suspensions to improve behaviour
A leader discusses the dilemma of knowing you are going to dramatically increase sanctions for the greater good – and the positive outcomes this can have
