General
Thursday
23rd Feb 2023
Weekly round-up: Pay offer and a new route into teaching
Your round-up of 糖心Vlog鈥� essential news and analysis from the past week includes the government鈥檚 recommendation for teacher pay next year, an attempt to halt next week鈥檚 strikes and a new teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates
Analysis: The long view of Sturgeon鈥檚 education record
Despite 鈥榞enuine commitment鈥� to dialogue during Nicola Sturgeon鈥檚 tenure, the teacher pay dispute leaves her education legacy with a 鈥榮our鈥� taste, says former EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan
Why it鈥檚 time to scrap VAT on school uniform
An MP on the Commons Education Select Committee explains why he鈥檚 calling on the government to scrap VAT on school uniform in the forthcoming Budget
Monday
13th Feb 2023
How 鈥榯ransition teachers鈥� can bridge the divide
Teachers dedicated to helping pupils move from primary to secondary school in Scotland are making a big difference, says Jehan Al-Azzawi
Why schools must take the RAAC danger seriously
As the deadline for schools returning a DfE questionnaire on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete approaches, the head of estates for a MAT explains that this is an issue schools must not overlook