General
Friday
91¶¶Òõ News podcast conference special: The end of A levels?
Join the 91¶¶Òõ News team as we discuss the prime minister’s plan for a new post-16 qualification, the Advanced British Standard, and look ahead to the Labour Party’s conference in Liverpool
DfE drawing up country-wide MAT growth plans
The DfE is looking at producing subregional plans for areas such as London, setting out how it expects trusts to grow, a regional director has revealed
Labour Party conference: What can teachers expect?
After Rishi Sunak revealed his big plan for post-16 education at his party’s conference, how will the opposition respond?
Fears catch-up progress will be lost as schools face costs struggle
Some schools are questioning the point of getting tutoring ‘up and running’ when funds are set to disappear next year
‘Outstanding’ grade ‘out of reach’ for ‘good’ schools
91¶¶Òõ analysis showing huge fall in ‘good’ schools being given the top rating by Ofsted reveals how it is now a ‘binary’ inspection grading system, warn leaders
Barran: Each school should get a DfE attendance ‘deep dive’
The academies minister said a ‘more detailed diagnostic on the root causes of non-attendance’ is needed
Thursday
MSPs reject plans to improve disabled students’ post-school experience
Teacher workload cited as a key reason for rejecting the proposals – but the Labour MSP spearheading the bill says disabled students have been left ‘high and dry’
Sunak’s A-level plan drawn up on ‘back of envelope’
Shadow schools minister Catherine McKinnell accuses Rishi Sunak of announcing a ‘back-of-the-envelope policy’ while school roofs are ‘literally propped up’
Weekly round-up: Teacher burnout and replacing A levels
This week’s essential education news includes a warning that teaching is becoming a ‘military tour of duty’, Sunak’s plan for a new qualification and worries about MAT finances
Schools face ‘rising tide of mistrust’
Confederation of School Trusts chief warns leaders must help ‘re-establish the social contract’ with parents
MATs worried about financial stability
Less than half of multi-academy trusts are confident about their long-term finances, research shows
Concern for 7,000 pupils on FSM at RAAC-hit schools
Trust leader ‘really worried’ about impact of disruption on disadvantaged students, as union boss calls for special considerations for those taking exams
