General

Tuesday

DfE recommends 2.8% teacher pay rise for 2025-26
The Department for Education has published its evidence to the STRB
The DfE has recommended a 2.8 per cent pay rise for teachers for 2025-26.
Ofsted to review use of AI in schools
The watchdog will ask how schools are monitoring ‘intended and unintended impacts’ of artificial intelligence and look at the role of leaders in embedding its use
Ofsted is to carry out a review of how AI is used in schools.
Gilruth vows to increase teacher numbers under new deal with councils
Councils to get extra £69m to restore teacher numbers to 2023 levels – pupil learning hours will also be frozen and teachers’ non-class contact time ‘rapidly’ progressed
Jenny Gilruth statement on priorities for Scottish education
Literacy and numeracy attainment remains steady in Scotland
Most primary and secondary pupils are hitting the expected level or better for their age and stage in literacy and numeracy, with Scottish government highlighting marginal gains
Literacy and numeracy attainment remains steady in Scotland
High rates of persistent pupil absence in Scottish schools
School attendance data shows slight improvement in persistent absence rates, but they remain at high levels compared with pre-Covid years
High rates of persistent pupil absence in Scottish schools
Number of teachers in Scottish primaries drops by over 600 in a year
Teacher numbers fell in 26 of Scotland’s 32 councils between 2023 and 2024 – with just 13 per cent of new primary teachers securing a permanent job by September
Number of teachers in Scottish primaries drops by over 600 in a year
Oak independent review delayed until next year
The review into Oak National Academy was originally expected to conclude by September 2024, but is now expected in ‘early 2025’
Oak academy delay
SEND: Deficits to reach ‘absurd’ £8bn without reform
Increasing specialist provision in mainstream schools will be costly and require ‘massive change’, warns Institute of Fiscal Studies
SEND: Deficits to reach ‘absurd’ £8bn without reform