General
Tuesday
Cognita expands Middle East schools footprint
New addition joins eight schools in the Middle East as part of the global group of 100 schools in 16 countries
Wilshaw: ‘Abandon’ the idea of inspecting individual schools
Ofsted cannot inspect every school in the system reliably, says former chief inspector
Friday
Child poverty strategy should not make ‘further asks’ of schools
As the government’s child poverty taskforce meets for the first time, leaders tell 91¶¶Òõ what they think the strategy should address when it comes to schools
Success rate rises for primary school admissions appeals
More families appealed their child’s school place for this academic year, new government figures show
Thursday
No national ban on phones in Scottish schools
New Scottish government guidance says ‘mobile phones can both enhance and detract from learning’ and leaves it to schools and councils to decide ‘restrictions and limitations’
New Scottish behaviour plan advises ‘high warmth and high standards’
‘Culture shift’ in behaviour management has made teachers feel ‘disempowered’, says plan, which backs ‘relationships-based approaches’ and barely mentions exclusions
Friday
Unauthorised absence rising but attendance has improved
Unauthorised absence has risen by 80 per cent in secondary schools since the pandemic, new EPI analysis shows
Ofsted told to improve ‘inconsistent’ inspection data
Concern raised by official statistics watchdog over the way Ofsted records ‘incomplete’ inspections
