Thursday
EBacc: DfE plans to ‘incentivise full entry’
Department will consult on performance measure changes planned from 2024
Flexible working toolkit: what schools need to know
A raft of new documents for schools to help introduce flexible working have been released -here’s what you need to know
Wales to set up school attendance taskforce
Percentage of secondary pupils persistently absent in Wales trebled last year, compared with before the Covid pandemic
Starmer defends private school fee VAT plan
The Labour leader insists that his decision to remove tax exemptions from private schools is not an ‘attack’ on the sector
Wednesday
Warning over Covid absence rise in schools
An increase in Covid-19 cases this autumn is leading to a rise in pupil and staff absence, a headteachers’ leader has warned
SLF criticised as viewers shut out of Gilruth Q&A
The Scottish Learning Festival has been rebranded SLF Conversations, but a conversation with Jenny Gilruth was abruptly shut down for online viewers this afternoon
Use absence figures to ‘make case’ for SEND cash, DfE told
Commons Education Select Committee chair calls for DfE to make attendance a clear focus in funding bids
Monday
DfE not ‘imposing’ EHCP cut, insists minister
Children’s minister David Johnston responds to concern over plans to reduce new EHCPs by 20 per cent
School buildings need at least £4.4bn extra a year, PM told
RAAC crisis has shone a light on chronic underfunding for school buildings, unions and governors tell Rishi Sunak
British Baccalaureate: the wrong idea at the wrong time
There’s no point designing new qualifications if there’s no one there to teach them and no resources to teach them with, argues Sam Freedman
