General
Thursday
Violence against support staff at ‘unacceptable’ level, says minister
Most school support staff in Scotland say it has ‘become part of the job to expect violence’, hear MSPs
Teacher pay should rise by more than 3%, say experts
Pay should then increase by more than 6% from 2026-27, according to the National Foundation for Educational Research
Wednesday
Sir Martyn: Inclusion must be ‘ingrained’ in school culture
Schools are not serving their communities if they off-roll or never take on disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils, warns Ofsted chief inspector
Gilruth: Attainment Challenge cash ‘plugging gaps in welfare state’
The power of the Scottish Attainment Challenge in closing the disadvantage gap in education has been ‘eroded’, says the education secretary, as she comes under fire
Ofsted appoints MAT chief as inclusion adviser
Watchdog says Mark Vickers will help to ensure that proposed changes to school inspection work well for pupils with SEND
Tuesday
Revealed: Which trusts received £16m of DfE support
DfE analysis of trust accounts also shows termination warning notices more than doubled in 2022-23
Ofsted inclusion plans lack focus on school admissions, MPs told
Leaders have to work ‘against the tide’ of the accountability system to promote a whole-school approach to inclusion, MPs also warned
Sir Hamid Patel appointed interim chair of Ofsted
The Star Academies chief will serve until the summer when a permanent appointment is expected to be made
Worsening speech and language skills make teaching more difficult, study finds
Nearly half of primary teachers say more pupils are struggling to communicate at the expected level for their age
Monday
Teacher pension contributions to increase next month
The government has today laid a statutory instrument before Parliament that will make changes to contributions from 1 April
Gender gap in Year 9 maths at its widest
There is an ‘urgent need’ to find out why the gender gap in maths has re-emerged, says DfE report analysing findings from Timss international research
Private school teachers taking second jobs to make ends meet
Poll by NEU teaching union also reveals that recruitment has been frozen as a result of VAT on independent school fees
