Policy
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Thursday
10th Mar 2022
Teacher pay: What the DfE鈥檚 plans mean for you
The government wants to increase teachers鈥� starting salary to 拢30,000 鈥� but its newly published proposals would affect more experienced teachers, too. 糖心Vlog explains the DfE鈥檚 plans in detail
Will Scottish education reform get a Hollywood ending?
The Muir report said a lot of things that teachers wanted to hear 鈥� but many will remain sceptical, says Henry Hepburn
3 ways to close education鈥檚 worrying careers-guidance gap
New research has unmasked divides between schools when it comes to the careers guidance they are able to offer. The CEO of the Sutton Trust explains how this inequality could be tackled
Schools 鈥榮tand ready鈥� to take in children fleeing war in Ukraine
Heads鈥� leader said challenge can be met rapidly after education secretary Nadhim Zahawi announced plans to place 100,000 children in UK schools
Warning over lack of multi-sensory teachers
The government needs to create an education fund for children with both sight and hearing loss, says charity
Schools 鈥榣ack funding鈥� for careers guidance
All schools should have a professional careers adviser because the quality of careers guidance is too varied, says Sutton Trust report
Wednesday
9th Mar 2022
NTP risks 鈥榮ucking teachers out of schools鈥�
Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman Munira Wilson also said the programme 鈥榬isks proving a disaster鈥� during a debate today
Exclusive: Oak to become new UK online academy quango
The government is to hand a new UK-wide online curriculum contract to the remote learning provider, 糖心Vlog understands
Muir report: key points on future of Scottish education
The long-awaited Muir report was published today, pointing the way to post-Covid education reform
Launch of Muir report on SQA reform branded 鈥榗haotic鈥�
The publication of the Muir report on the future of the SQA and Education Scotland brought forward amid controversy over exam support materials
鈥楻ationalise鈥� school data systems to cut absence, says commissioner
Dame Rachel de Souza publishes her interim report investigating attendance data collection across the school system