Wednesday
Treat online and offline bullying with ‘same seriousness’
Online bullying may have more serious consequences, suggests first anti-bullying guidance from Scottish government in seven years
Youth club closures affected GCSE results, think tank warns
Headteachers’ leaders urge government to restore local authority funding for community services, or risk leaving schools to ‘pick up the pieces’
Tuesday
No ‘anti-maths mindset’ in English schools, says OECD
But report warns that post-16 study of maths in this country only caters for a ‘small elite group’, meaning many proficient students drop the subject
Boosting reading fluency ‘could halve KS2 gender gap’
Research also warns against making key stage 2 tests ‘too long’ so they’re largely assessments of reading speed
Timeline for new Centre of Teaching Excellence revealed
Scottish government officials say a number of universities are ‘very interested’ in hosting the new centre, which has been described by school leaders as ‘unnecessary’ and ‘costly’
Trusts, the DfE and the RISE problem
The Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) plan is poorly thought through and exposes a wider issue of the government’s relationship with trusts, argues Jon Severs
Monday
How to address behaviour in Welsh schools
School leaders in Wales are doing all they can to tackle disruptive behaviour and need to know they are supported, says Laura Doel
This is the moment schools have been waiting 15 years for
Two sentences spoken by the education secretary in a speech last week will be critical to building a system in which every child can thrive, says trust leader Jonny Uttley
Friday
Michael Fullan: For reform to succeed, ‘turn the system on its head’
Top-down education reform led by politicians does not work – the ‘centre of gravity’ must shift to students, teachers and communities, says renowned researcher Michael Fullan
Food standards: why are schools not complying?
Most secondaries are failing to adhere to the government-mandated School Food Standards, research shows. The reasons are complex and demand attention, schools and trusts tell Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Thursday
Some teachers ‘never more enslaved’, warns DfE adviser
Sir Kevan Collins tells the Confederation of School Trusts’ conference that ‘we’ve sometimes slipped into a shallow compliance culture’
‘Degradation’ of music education ‘sets a dangerous precedent’
Fears mount over future of instrument tuition in Scotland after a move that puts music education for younger pupils ‘at risk’
