Wednesday
Budget 2024: what schools need to know
The chancellor has laid out the Labour government’s first Budget – including its school spending plans for 2025-26. Find all the key details here
Douglas Ross is new convener of education committee
Former leader of Scottish Conservatives takes over from party colleague Sue Webber
Tuesday
DfE discussions ongoing as MATs wait on funding grants
Multi-academy trusts are yet to receive a decision on funding bids that were meant to start over the summer in what leaders describe as an ‘incredibly frustrating’ delay
Revealed: MPs on the new Commons Education Select Committee
The House of Commons has formally appointed the members to the committee which will scrutinise the work of the Department for Education
Monday
Lack of interest in two of the biggest jobs in Scottish education
The Scottish government is being forced to re-advertise the posts of chief inspector of education and chief executive of Education Scotland
Investment is needed to fix education problems of past 20 years
While England has become one of the highest performing countries in literacy and numeracy, we’ve made no progress in closing the attainment gap, writes Sam Freedman
Teachers ‘burnt out’ covering gaps in services
Rising school standards risk masking a growing array of challenges, ‘especially around the lives of the most vulnerable pupils’, warns former DfE adviser
Friday
Why we should change pessimistic narratives around teaching
Taking care with the language used to describe education is a must – otherwise, damaging and misleading tropes take hold, says Gareth Evans
Focus on inclusion over fines to fix attendance, report says
Threatening parents with fines is ‘not working for many families and not reducing severe absence rates’, former children’s commissioner warns
