Friday
Revealed: How the new Sendco qualification will work
A new NPQ, part of the government’s SEND plans, will be available from autumn 2024 and is primarily for Sendcos, school leaders or aspiring Sendcos
Gillian Hamilton interview: ‘My job is to serve the profession’
Education Scotland’s interim chief explains how she wants to bring the inspection and curriculum organisation closer to teachers as she steers it through a period of major reform
GCSE results 2023: Keegan defends resits
Sector leaders call for alternatives to compulsory GCSE English and maths resits
Tuesday
Union calls on government to ‘restore calm’ in Scottish schools
Call made after NASUWT learns of incidents of teachers being attacked, including one being knocked unconscious with a scooter
PE lesson decline blamed on DfE policy changes
Heads’ leader says exam reforms and accountability changes likely to have led to fall in time spent on PE lessons
School chess to get cash boost
Primary schools in disadvantaged areas can apply for grants of up to £2,000 for chess sets and tutorials
Keegan defends A-level remarks
Education secretary says she has never asked anyone for their A-level results in her 30 years in business
Who should create a new national curriculum?
If Labour gains power and reforms the national curriculum then it must ensure the sector feels involved in the process, says CST deputy CEO Steve Rollett
3 Eton-led state sixth forms among new free schools
Three new sixth forms run by Eton and Star Academies in the North and the Midlands, and a new BRIT school in Bradford, get DfE approval
