Wednesday
DfE criticised for promoting debunked learning styles
Newsletter citing visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning styles mocked by DfE’s own behaviour tsar
Swinney ‘nervous’ about ‘concept of catch-up’
Pupils have ‘actually learned a great deal’ during the Covid lockdown, says Scotland’s education secretary
Are these education’s priorities for next five years?
Education committee sets out to-do list as Scottish Parliament five-year session closes before 6 May election
Tuesday
Call for National Tutoring Programme public inquiry
Organisation whose UK tutoring consortium was rejected from government Covid catch-up scheme urges investigation
Education is my ‘biggest priority’, says PM
Sector has suffered an ‘absolutely unimaginable year’ because of the pandemic, Boris Johnson said tonight
Covid catch-up plans ‘barely scratch the surface’
Government catch-up policies are insufficient to tackle scale of pupils’ learning loss, says Labour’s Kate Green
Number of ASN teachers hits record low
It is crucial that pupils with additional support needs get the support they need during the Covid-19 crisis, warns group of charities
Missing pupil premium value ‘uncertain’, Gibb tells MPs
Schools minister tells education committee he still cannot say how much cash the poorest pupils will miss out on
Don’t force schools into big academy chains, DfE told
Governors challenge the DfE on whether it wants all multi-academy trusts to be big in the future
Revealed: Primary and secondary attainment gap changes
Auditors reveal the progress Scotland has made in narrowing the attainment gap to date – and the mountain left to climb
Call to use academy ‘revolving doors’ to end exclusions
The new children’s commissioner, a former headteacher, says that exclusions keep school leaders ‘awake at night’
Many heads fear the push to close gap is unsustainable
Nine in 10 heads believe Covid is having an impact on efforts to close the poverty-related attainment gap, poll shows
