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Monday
23rd Jun 2025
Delayed KCSIE puts schools in ‘impossible situation’
The wait for this year’s Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, which was due to contain ‘substantive’ changes, is causing ‘unnecessary anxiety’, warn safeguarding leads
Scottish reform timeline sets target dates for new qualifications
‘Next steps’ document shows when curriculum, qualifications and assessment ‘will start to feel different’
Ofsted delay puts ‘unacceptable pressure’ on schools, Phillipson told
Giving schools less than a term’s notice of a new inspection framework is ‘entirely unjustifiable’, unions warn the education secretary
Friday
20th Jun 2025
91 Schools Awards 2025 winners revealed
The 91 Schools Awards celebrate the fantastic achievements of the schools sector and teaching profession this year
Is education helping Scotland to meet its other big challenges?
RSE report finds that more must be done to link education with other national priorities, including the climate emergency, poverty and economic prosperity
SEND: Government extends councils’ statutory override
Announcing a ‘phased transition process’ to reform the SEND system, the government will extend the mechanism that allows councils to keep their high-needs spending deficits off their books
Entries for GCSE statistics almost double in 4 years
The 96 per cent increase in take-up since 2021 – the largest for any GCSE or A-level subject – has been welcomed amid fears of a growing maths attainment gap
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Do we need adults in the exam hall?
England’s biggest exam board sees AI invigilation as the future for GCSEs and A levels, but others warn of potential risks – including for students with SEND. 91 explores the pros and cons
Consultation opens on changes to RO and RME opt-out rules
A Holyrood committee wants to understand the potential impact of a new law that would give children more of a say over opting out of religious observance and education
Thursday
19th Jun 2025
Sport and enrichment offer of every state school to be published
School leaders warn that the plan must focus on supporting rather than placing “additional expectations” on under-resourced schools
250 more schools to be rebuilt after funding extension
School and college maintenance funding will reach £2.9 billion by 2034-35, the government says today in its new infrastructure strategy
Yorkshire MATs planning merger to create 47-school trust
Ebor Academy Trust and Nexus Multi Academy Trust proposal would create the biggest primary and special school MAT in England
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