General
Wednesday
8th Jul 2026
KCSIE changes for 2026: what you need to know
Updated safeguarding guidance has now been published, with schools expected to be fully compliant by 1 September
Experts play down DfE role in teacher workforce recovery
The Department for Education has engineered ‘very little’ of a recovery in the teacher workforce, with factors beyond the government’s control playing a big part, says EPI
Monday
6th Jul 2026
Gove: Coalition government wrong to ‘neglect’ Sure Start
Speaking on a panel with the author of the review into the Neet problem, the former Conservative education secretary says Bridget Phillipson is right in prioritising school readiness
Have two years of Labour moved the key data points in schools?
The government is approaching the mid-point of its term in office, so is it making progress on recruitment, behaviour, attendance and its manifesto pledges?
Only 6% of schools opened late after England vs Mexico
Most schools did not make any changes to the school day to accommodate England’s 2am World Cup match against Mexico
Inclusion: experts warn against ‘ineffective’ teaching adaptations
The EEF has produced a new research-backed toolkit to support inclusive teaching, which highlights the risk of approaches that ‘lower expectations’
Friday
3rd Jul 2026
Revealed: RISE teams’ priorities for each region
The DfE publishes plans setting out its school improvement priorities for all of the nine regions in England
Schools face ‘difficult decisions’ over using X, says attorney general
The government’s chief legal adviser, Richard Hermer, speaks exclusively to 91¶¶Òõ about citizenship, rule of law teaching and social media
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Thursday
2nd Jul 2026
CST questions legality of CEO pay crackdown
Academy trust sector body tells members it is ‘testing the legalities’ of the government’s plan to limit MAT senior leaders’ pay
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Union calls for ‘flexible’ school start after England vs Mexico
The call from NEU’s Daniel Kebede follows England manager Thomas Tuchel, who told parents to ‘write an excuse for school and let children watch’ the World Cup match
Schools told to pay ‘half’ of teacher pay rise
The DfE has told schools they will need to find the first 1 per cent of next year’s teacher pay rise – but this money will be on top of the ‘financial headroom’ the government claims exists in schools’ budgets