Policy
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Friday
14th Mar 2025
What is Northern Ireland鈥檚 10-point plan to 鈥榯ransform鈥� education?
A new 鈥榮trategy for educational excellence鈥� promises to 鈥榯ransform鈥� teaching and learning in Northern Irish schools 鈥� so what does it say?
Phillipson sets out four priorities for RISE teams
Speaking at the ASCL conference, the education secretary set out the priorities for the RISE teams鈥� universal support offer
From flexible working to better leave, DfE must offer teacher-parents more
If the government has no money to hit its 6,500 new teacher target, it seems clear more effort must be given to retain existing staff, says MTPT founder Emma Sheppard
Maths needs to be celebrated like World Book Day
To mark the International Day of Mathematics, a new report sets out why pupils鈥� enthusiasm for maths wanes as they get older 鈥� and what we can do about it
Phillipson: Schools need 鈥榦ld-fashioned graft鈥� to stop absence 鈥榙amage鈥�
The education secretary will also use her speech at ASCL鈥檚 annual conference to say she believes some schools are not doing enough to tackle attendance issues
Ofsted plans will 鈥榮ledgehammer鈥� teacher recruitment, warns ASCL
Speaking to 糖心Vlog as ASCL鈥檚 annual conference begins, general secretary Pepe Di鈥橧asio issues a warning about Ofsted鈥檚 inspection changes and calls on the government to 鈥榮how the money鈥� for its pledge to recruit 6,500 teachers
Thursday
13th Mar 2025
Violence against support staff at 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� level, says minister
Most school support staff in Scotland say it has 鈥榖ecome part of the job to expect violence鈥�, hear MSPs
What DSLs need to know about race, racism and safeguarding
The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel鈥檚 latest report on how children from Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage backgrounds experience safeguarding processes contains vital insights for leaders, says Luke Ramsden
How Headteachers鈥� Roundtable is refocusing for the Labour era
Co-chairs of the headteachers鈥� group tell Dan Worth why, despite a change in government, the need to ensure the voice of those leading schools is heard is as vital as ever
Without money, Labour鈥檚 aim for 6,500 more teachers looks tough
The Department for Education will have to try other routes to entice new teachers, but the chance of success is unclear, explains Jack Worth
Teacher pay should rise by more than 3%, say experts
Pay should then increase by more than 6% from 2026-27, according to the National Foundation for Educational Research