General
Friday
12th Jul 2024
Phillipson: ‘I need your help to deliver school reforms’
Education secretary hosts more than 150 school and wider education sector guests at the DfE, after pledge to ‘reset the relationship with the profession’
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Ruth Perry review: Councils ‘hamstrung’ over school leader support
An independent review of Reading Council’s actions after the death of the headteacher highlights the ‘folly of a macho culture’ of high-stakes accountability in schools
Ofsted ‘is facing an existential crisis’
Alternative Big Listen survey suggests the inspectorate has lost the confidence of the sector, with nine in 10 respondents saying it is not fit for purpose
Governors’ financial fears at record high
Six in 10 governors and trustees say that balancing their school budget is now their biggest challenge
Thursday
11th Jul 2024
Have new teacher training reforms helped retention?
One fifth of new teachers leave the state sector after two years, new government data shows
Weekly round-up: Labour’s big schools mission begins
This week’s education news round-up focuses on Bridget Phillipson taking the helm at the DfE and how she will put her party’s ambitious plans for education into action
Just ‘1 in 3 trusts’ could afford 3% teacher pay rise
Most trust finance chiefs say their organisations are vulnerable and eating into their reserves to cover costs
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Tuesday
9th Jul 2024
Don’t sack heads for a poor Ofsted, CST leader says
Leora Cruddas, chief executive of the MAT sector body, says trusts should know their schools and heads, and not be reliant upon Ofsted to highlight problems
Damian Hinds named as shadow education secretary
Former education secretary and schools minister appointed to the Conservatives’ opposition front bench
Monday
8th Jul 2024
Punitive measures to cut absence ‘no longer work’
Schools should instead adopt a ‘collaborative approach’, providing support to families of pupils with poor attendance, study finds
Labour must end SEND ‘arms race’, MAT leaders say
MAT leaders have said that the SEND system needs ‘radical reform’ and should be fixed as a ‘priority’