Monday
Ofsted criticises curriculum ‘barriers’ for SEND pupils in mainstream
Some mainstream school leaders focus on ‘meeting school accountability measures’ when developing SEND curriculum offer, watchdog says
First parents’ assembly report flags lack of education reform awareness
Survey finds 70 per cent of Scottish Assembly of Parents and Carers members do not feel informed about flagship education Bill
Friday
Falkirk plans to cut pupil learning hours will not go ahead
Controversial plans to save money by reducing time pupils spend in school are shelved, in same week as Scottish government said councils had agreed to freeze learning hours
Why Labour’s ‘agnostic’ approach to school structures is doomed to fail
Labour’s new ministerial team needs to learn the lessons of the past and recognise that ‘structures beget standards’, says Sam Freedman
Are special schools being left out of the mainstream inclusion push?
National efforts to make schools more inclusive risk ignoring the huge amount of expertise in the specialist sector, say headteachers
Research: No evidence ability grouping harms disadvantaged pupils’ outcomes
91¶¶Òõt scores, confidence or enjoyment of subjects do not suffer as a result of setting or streaming, researchers suggest
Thursday
FMQs: Tories attack Swinney over ‘collapse of discipline’ in Scottish schools
Opposition parties make education the focus of First Minister’s Questions, after week of concerns over teacher numbers and rising numbers of pupils with ASN
Big rise in children missing education, DfE data shows
Meanwhile, separate DfE statistics show a sharp increase in children who are in elective home education
Higher history controversy underpins case for independent exam watchdog
The SQA investigated the drop in the Higher history pass rate this year because, as both the awarding body and regulator, it was its job – but should it be?
NPQ funding cuts pose risk to sector’s long-term leadership quality
The post-pandemic funding boost to cover all NPQ courses was clearly paying off – which is why cutbacks seem ill-timed and ill-advised, says this facilitator
EEF: ChatGPT cuts lesson planning by nearly a third
The saved time did not come at the expense of quality, independent evaluation finds
