Wednesday
Ofsted finds gaps in SEND training for trainee teachers
Inspectors praise overall coverage of SEND in ITT programmes but warn of patchy mentor knowledge and limited practical strategies in some providers
4 ways RISE can deliver sustained school improvement
The CEO and co-founder of education charity Challenge Partners share their insights into how the RISE school improvement programme can succeed where other government schemes have fallen short
Attendance: How we support early strugglers to stay at our school
Rather than sending new students struggling with attendance to alternative provision settings, this school has created a programme to ease them into secondary life – with impressive outcomes
Why Labour’s conference gives us real hope for education
After spending three days at the Labour conference, one trust leader says that – far from projecting doom and gloom – it highlighted a spirit of ambition that could transform our school system
Why schools have an impostor syndrome problem
Evidence shows teachers are vulnerable to persistent feelings of inadequacy, and this can have wide-ranging negative effects for schools, finds Mark Roberts
Tuesday
Target for half of school leavers to go to university is scrapped
The prime minister says he no longer believes in the target set by his predecessor Tony Blair – and instead announces a plan to promote ‘higher-level skills’
Phillipson: Heads need training to avoid ‘talking down’ to parents
The education secretary says school leaders should not ‘drift into judgement’ when engaging with parents
Call for heads’ SEND qualification is questioned
MP defends plan to require new school leaders to have expertise in special educational needs, during Labour conference event
Ofqual: Severity of cyberattacks on schools has worsened
Regulator releases data showing that while schools show improvements in cybersecurity training, the impact of attacks is now greater and schools are struggling to recover quickly
Digital wellbeing: the vital skill for 21st-century learners
IB chief Olli-Pekka Heinonen says governments around the world recognise that we must do more to protect young people from technological harms – and schools can help
Struggling students ‘most likely’ to have negative phone experiences
Those who are struggling academically at school are more likely to have upsetting interactions on their phones, research shows
Oak legal challenge set to go ahead
The judicial review will look into legal challenges to the formation of Oak National Academy as an arm’s-length body of the Department for Education
