General
Thursday
14th Mar 2024
FM accepts classroom violence is causing new teachers to drop out
Humza Yousaf made the admission when quizzed about a 91¶¶Òõ Scotland exclusive revealing almost one in five probationers have opted out of this year’s induction scheme
Badly run and designed schools create additional needs, hear MSPs
Over a third of Scottish pupils have an ASN, but that figure would be lower if school buildings and cultures were developed with all pupils in mind, says expert
Suspended students ‘a year behind at GCSE’
Report calls for schools to be given the resources they need to reduce suspensions
Tuesday
12th Mar 2024
Transgender guidance: Fight legal cases for schools, DfE told
Teaching unions voice fears about draft transgender guidance in their submissions to the government’s consultation
Sir Kevan: Tighten rules so top state schools take poor pupils
Former ‘catch-up tsar’ Sir Kevan Collins warns of a ‘strange pattern’ of high-performing schools not reflecting local communities
Keegan urged to publicly retract Ofsted punch comment
Union representing Ofsted HMI has today written to Gillian Keegan after comments she made at the annual ASCL conference
Exclusive
Poorer NI primary pupils ‘a year behind in cognitive skills’
New Audit Office report on child poverty in Northern Ireland shows attainment gap at school starts early and remains wide in the years to come
Monday
11th Mar 2024
Teacher pay offer made in Northern Ireland
Education minister describes it as ‘unacceptable’ that teachers have been waiting three years for a pay increase
Undervaluing arts subjects ‘naive’, warns heads’ union
NAHT says creative subjects are being ‘squeezed out’ as senior politicians from both political parties call for a broader curriculum
AP leaders ‘ignored’ in Ofsted’s Big Listen
Major consultation on the future of inspection contains ‘worrying’ omission, warns alternative providers’ leader
Teachers must lead the way on education reform, new paper warns
‘Top-down’ education reforms have a poor track record and Scotland’s school staff should be entrusted with key decisions, advises expert analysis