Tuesday
Children鈥檚 rights bill will not cover key aspects of education
Scotland will not be able to adopt the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in full, it emerged today, two years after MSPs voted to do so
DfE urges schools to use new flexible-working scheme
New government guidance is encouraging schools and trusts to seek advice from regional 鈥榝lexible-working ambassadors鈥 and attend workshops and webinars
Gibb: Schools 鈥榠n uncharted territory鈥 on attendance
Minister Nick Gibb tells an MPs鈥 inquiry that absence from school is still 鈥榰nacceptably high鈥
Friday
Why SEND data lacks rigour and consistency
As the Department for Education releases annual statistical data on special educational needs in England鈥檚 schools, Deborah Hollingsworth argues that the phrase 鈥楽END support鈥 is too open to interpretation and can mean a vastly different experience for pupils and Sendcos
DfE mulls tougher Ofsted role in new catch-up plan
Fresh 鈥渘ational action plan鈥 considered as government acknowledges that efforts to help pupils catch up after the pandemic have failed to reach 鈥渁ll who need it鈥
Thursday
Weekly round-up: Teacher shortages and more strikes
This week鈥檚 essential education news and analysis includes warnings to government about the scale of the teacher recruitment and retention crisis, criticism over the timing of next month鈥檚 planned strikes and expert insight into how schools can tap into the power of marketing
Offer 鈥榞olden hellos鈥 in shortage subjects, say secondary heads
Scottish headteachers are calling for action over longstanding teacher shortages in subjects such as maths and computing
Wednesday
Tackle 鈥榤acho鈥 school culture to retain teachers, DfE told
Evidence to a parliamentary inquiry on recruitment and retention also includes repeated calls to make teaching more flexible
NTP: Better ways to help disadvantaged, say school leaders
Most school leaders favour other types of support for poorer pupils over the government鈥檚 flagship catch-up tutoring scheme, study finds
