General
Friday
RAAC heads call for timescale on rebuilding plans
With 119 RAAC-affected schools being told they will be rebuilt, heads warn they ‘do not want to waste public money’ on temporary solutions
Higher absence and suspension rates ‘more likely’ in large trusts
Multi-academy trusts with 10 or more schools in a phase also achieve higher attainment and progress for disadvantaged pupils, finds Education Policy Institute
Pandemic: Call for action on language development
Post-Covid call comes as NHS data shows increase in number of children and young people waiting for speech and language therapy
Over 50% of special school pupils could be in mainstream, says DfE report
Evaluation for DfE suggests majority of reviewed pupils with SEND in Delivering Better Value areas could have their needs met within mainstream schools
Thursday
Weekly round-up: ‘Earn and learn’ route into teaching and MAT deficits
This week’s essential education news includes the government launching its Teacher Degree Apprenticeship and new research uncovering multi-academy trusts’ worsening finances
Biggest MAT dismisses DfE minimum service plan
United Learning warns it is ‘inconceivable’ that any ‘rational’ school employers would issue work notices compelling teachers not to strike
More than 100 schools with RAAC will be rebuilt
The government today announced which schools containing the potentially dangerous concrete will be rebuilt and which will be given a grant to remove it
Extend catch-up cash or attainment gap will widen, PM told
More than 500 schools have signed a letter to Rishi Sunak, Gillian Keegan and Jeremy Hunt calling for more National Tutoring Programme funding in next month’s spring Budget
‘Deeply troubling’ gender gap in maths and science confidence
Significantly more girls lack confidence in learning maths and science than boys, a Teach First survey has found
Tuesday
Academy trust GAG pooling could triple, research shows
Four in 10 academy trusts surveyed said they wanted to move to a GAG pooling finance model
Heads call for Ofsted exemption for RAAC schools
The ‘unacceptable’ time it has taken for the government to act on the RAAC crisis is causing ‘financial detriment’ to schools, ASCL warns
