Friday
Teachers from India, Nigeria and Ghana now unable to apply for QTS
Department for Education cites lack of regulatory oversight in these countries and the use of Gmail and Hotmail addresses in applications as reasons for change
Teach First switches focus from cities to coasts
The teacher training charity also cuts costs for schools and plans to send trainees to schools in groups to make working in isolated communities more appealing
Thursday
What can schools expect from the DfE’s new SEND training?
The government is releasing the first wave of support as part of a £200m package of teaching training on SEND and inclusion. Hilary Spencer outlines what it will cover
Why your CPD plan might not improve teaching
If CPD is to change what happens in classrooms, leaders need to think beyond content and pay much greater attention to how teachers learn, write Sam Gibbs and Adam Kohlbeck
Monday
What’s going wrong with SEND in ITT - and how can we fix it?
As a new report highlights gaps in how we prepare new teachers to meet the needs of pupils with SEND, Margaret Mulholland explains what can be done to improve things
Does the concept of an international school need redefining?
The world is changing rapidly, and this means how international schools operate is changing, too – and this could pose some big questions for the sector, says Sam Gipson
Wednesday
Schools ‘desperate’ for clearer AI guidance
School leaders are struggling to respond to the rapid growth of AI, Commons Education Select Committee told
Retraining physics teachers ‘more cost-effective’ than bursaries
Helping teachers become physics specialists could be around eight times less expensive than increasing trainee bursaries, analysis finds
