General
Thursday
Scotland’s ‘fitness to teach’ process falls short in protecting public
Damning report into GTCS process for investigating teachers calls for ‘more effective public protection powers’
Teachers to get 4% pay rise
The DfE has accepted the pay review body’s recommendation of 4% and announced it will provide £615m in additional funding to schools
How trusts are tackling the ‘toughest budget round in a generation’
As leaders finalise budgets for next year, many are ‘immersed in restructures’, ‘stripping out’ resources and drawing from reserves, they tell 91¶¶Òõ
Wednesday
Deliver Scottish Diploma of Achievement, says commissioner
In an exclusive interview with 91¶¶Òõ Scotland, children’s commissioner Nicola Killean also recommends a reduction in homework and the introduction of supervision for school staff
Teachers at Outwood Grange to strike over longer school day
A letter to parents from the trust says both NEU and NASUWT union members will strike next month over plan to extend the school day to meet minimum expectation
Ofsted is rewriting its report card inspection toolkits
91¶¶Òõ understands the inspectorate is carrying out a ‘substantial’ rewrite of inspection toolkits it will use to grade schools in new inspections
Julian Drinkall steps down from GLF with ‘immediate effect’
The chief of the 43-school trust has left his post by ‘mutual agreement’ with GLF
Tuesday
DfE bosses grilled on 6,500 new teachers pledge
Permanent secretary says there is no ‘baseline’ yet to measure progress towards the recruitment target – but details will be set out after the spending review
Private school pupils fall but bursaries increase
With the independent sector hit by Labour’s introduction of VAT on fees, bursary funding is at a record high, according to ISC research
Monday
Two trusts propose merger to create 25-school MAT
If the plan is approved, the Compass Partnership of Schools and Eko Trust could merge early next year
Third of school staff say safeguarding training ‘inadequate’
91¶¶Òõ Safeguarding Report 2025 reveals that school staff see the monitoring of online behaviour outside of school as the biggest challenge
