General
Tuesday
23rd Jul 2024
DfE ‘does not have a strategy’ for reducing disadvantage gap
The National Audit Office warns that the DfE has “limited evidence” on how well almost half of an estimated £9.2bn it has spent supports the attainment of disadvantaged children
Record speech and language waits ‘damaging’ pupils’ chances
Shortage of specialists is preventing pupils from accessing the curriculum, heads warn
Monday
22nd Jul 2024
4 in 10 think mental maths is now less important
Concern over survey findings that show 40 per cent of public think mental maths is less important because of technological advances
Phillipson: Teacher pay decision by end of the month
Bridget Phillipson accuses the Conservatives of ‘a complete dereliction of duty’ for failing to act on the pay review body’s recommendation before the election
Who are Labour’s education ministers?
Find out who will join education secretary Bridget Phillipson at the Department for Education
Who is on the shadow education team?
Gagan Mohindra and James Wild will serve in the Conservative’s shadow education team under Damian Hinds
Thursday
18th Jul 2024
Weekly round-up: Labour sets out its plans for schools
This week’s 91 round-up includes Labour announcing a raft of education plans in the King’s Speech and calls for an overhaul of the exams system
Over 500 Ofsted inspections delayed in crisis-hit year
Ofsted has published its annual accounts report. Here is everything you need to know
Youth work ‘under-appreciated’ and ‘under-resourced’, finds CLD review
It calls for ‘fairer distribution’ of education spending, as budgets for schools, colleges and universities ‘dwarf’ the amount spent on CLD
What will the new ungraded Ofsted inspections look like?
School leaders will be more involved in ungraded inspections from September as Ofsted aims to ‘reduce the burden’ on subject leads
EEF chief to lead DfE curriculum shake-up
Becky Francis will lead a review that Labour previously said would ensure curriculum is ‘rich and broad’ and consider balance of assessment