General
Thursday
29th Aug 2024
Warning over autumn term surge in measles cases
Nationwide vaccination campaign aims to avoid a repeat of last year’s autumn measles outbreak among pupils
Teachers ‘must be at the heart’ of child poverty taskforce
Nearly three in 10 teachers personally provided food to pupils in the summer term because they were concerned for their welfare, poll shows
Wednesday
28th Aug 2024
Schools ‘need crucial guidance’ after summer riots
DfE urged to publish guidance ‘swiftly’ ahead of the new school term next week to ‘help tackle the very real risk of division entering the school gates’
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Attainment and school attendance down for looked-after children
Rate of exclusions among looked-after pupils has also increased for the first time in 12 years, and is almost six times the overall rate
DfE: AI to help teachers plan lessons and mark homework
The government is investing £4 million to pool documents such as lesson plans and assessments that can be used to train artificial intelligence tools
Empathy lessons could lead to positive behaviour changes
Analysis supported by Cambridge University’s Faculty of Education showed a positive impact on pupils’ behaviour after one term of empathy lessons
Tuesday
27th Aug 2024
Don’t rush ‘biggest inspection change in decades’, heads warn
Ofsted’s single-word inspection judgements should be scrapped immediately but a replacement system needs to have the confidence of teachers, says union
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‘Entitlement’ to languages met by falling number of Scottish schools
Just 61 per cent offer second language as researchers point to growing number of schools allowing students to opt out of languages at the end of S2
Wednesday
21st Aug 2024
Education directors criticise plans to inspect councils
Council chiefs say the decision was made with no discussion, and bodes ill for the future of the new independent inspectorate in Scotland
‘Urgently improve support’ for pupils in kinship care
Almost half of kinship carers reported that the adverse experiences of the child in their care have negatively impacted on that child’s ability to cope in education