General

Monday

2nd Sep 2024

Overall Ofsted judgement scrapped, but challenges remain
In today’s ÌÇÐÄVlog Daily newsletter, editor Jon Severs offers his view on why we need to interrogate the DfE’s decision to scrap single-word overall grades more deeply
Overall Ofsted judgement scrapped, but challenges remain

Friday

30th Aug 2024

Becky Francis: What the curriculum and assessment review will and won’t do
Writing exclusively for ÌÇÐÄVlog, Professor Becky Francis explains how she will approach leading the curriculum and assessment review
Becky Francis
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Pupil absence: new regulations on fines
A lawyer explains the updated government regulations relating to unauthorised pupil absences
Parking fine

Wednesday

28th Aug 2024

What progress is being made on key attainment gap measures?
New report claims attainment gap in Scotland has ‘narrowed in nine measures’ – we take a look at the figures
Walking on ladders across ice
4 safeguarding updates and issues to check before term starts
With a new school year about to begin, here are the key revisions to safeguarding guidance that leaders need to know
4 safeguarding updates and issues to check before term starts

Monday

26th Aug 2024

What exclusions can and should tell us about behaviour in schools
In his new book Exam Nation, head Sammy Wright argues that we need to refocus arguments about exclusions on getting the right balance of approach and improving coverage of alternative provision
What exclusions can and should tell us about behaviour in schools

Tuesday

20th Aug 2024

Leadership lessons from £60 million new school blunder
The ongoing fallout after a Scottish local authority badly underestimated future demand for places in a new primary school was set out today in an Accounts Commission report
£60 million new school blunder

Sunday

18th Aug 2024

Why I became a convert to joining a trust
The trust system does not have to cause anxiety for headteachers outside that system, argues Alice Edgington as she explains why she has become a convert to being part of a family of schools
Why I became a convert to joining a trust

Friday

16th Aug 2024

‘Helpful and sensible mobile phone guidance has trumped tough talk’
New national advice on mobile phones in Scottish schools has put common sense ahead of one-size-fits-all rules, says this secondary head
‘Helpful and sensible mobile phone guidance has trumped tough talk’

Thursday

15th Aug 2024

What I’m learning from seeing education in every part of Scotland
The interim chief executive of Education Scotland shares what she has discovered in her ongoing challenge to visit every Scottish local authority by the end of 2024
What I’m learning from seeing education in every part of Scotland

Wednesday

14th Aug 2024

Boys’ and girls’ attainment: how things change across school phases
Education Policy Institute’s Emily Hunt outlines attainment data that shows how gaps between boys and girls fluctuate over time – and the pandemic’s impact on this
Tug of war

Monday

12th Aug 2024

Data shows decades-long retreat of languages from Scottish schools
Although Spanish bucks the overall trend, the number of students taking Highers in languages has been dropping for generations
Data shows decades-long retreat of languages from Scottish schools