General
Wednesday
Rise MAT appoints interim CEO
Dave Ellison-Lee, currently director of education and deputy CEO at Rise, will step into the role in September
DfE to research risks posed by older school buildings
Headteachers’ leaders say they hope researching building risks leads to DfE ‘correcting perpetual underinvestment in the school estate’
Kate Forbes: ‘Gaelic must be brought to life beyond the classroom’
Gaelic should be ‘a living, breathing language’ – not just a language of the classroom, deputy first minister tells MSPs
National maths specialist appointed in Scotland
Former secondary school leader Andy Brown will be ‘leading the work to update the maths and numeracy curriculum’
Heads call for end to ‘annual circus’ of teacher pay settlements
Schools need a ‘long-term approach to reliable pay and progression’ to end recruitment crisis, a headteachers’ think tank has warned
MPs call for urgent curriculum review to expand financial education
Content in the ‘overcrowded’ curriculum must be reduced to deliver more financial education, say heads’ leaders
Tuesday
Music hubs: experts sound warning over cut in numbers
MPs have questioned sector experts and schools minister Damian Hinds about the government’s music hubs programme. Here are six things we learned
Ballot opens over education cuts in Scotland’s largest council
Industrial action is on the cards in Glasgow – which could entail strikes – if plans to cut 450 teaching posts over three years are not reversed
Independent review will probe Oak National Academy
The chief executive of DfE-funded property company LocatED will lead a review into the controversial curriculum resources quango
Better guidance on sexual harassment needed, say 1 in 3 staff
Most school staff believe safeguarding concerns have increased since last year, a 91¶¶Òõ poll shows
Oracy ‘neglect’ leaves pupils struggling, warns exam board
Oracy needs to be more integrated into the curriculum, says OCR
