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Teacher training providers welcome revised Ofsted framework
NASBTT 鈥榩leased鈥� that watchdog considered many of its members鈥� recommendations for updated inspection framework
Ofsted changes
Phillipson in running to be Labour鈥檚 deputy leader
Education secretary enters race after Angela Rayner鈥檚 resignation
Bridget Phillipson
Evolving education amid the grim reality of war
From delivering inter-school CPD to opening up new university access routes, educators in Ukraine are steadfast in their mission to ensure pupils have the best education access possible
Ukraine, support
5 strategies to boost pupil engagement in an AP
An assistant principal at an alternative-provision setting explains how staff get pupils 鈥� and parents 鈥� onside and engaged in education again
鈥楪rave concerns鈥� for school leaders over 鈥榩unitive鈥� Ofsted plans
Heads鈥� union to ask its executive and council if members should be urged to withdraw from work as Ofsted inspectors
Headteachers' leaders have issued a warning over Ofsted's new plans for inspections
Ofsted鈥檚 new inspection framework: all you need to know
Ofsted is pushing ahead with its plan for a five-point grading scale but announces a series of changes to school inspections launching this term
Ofsted's first inspections in November under its new system will be voluntary.
Demand to study Mandarin outstrips supply, experts warn
The British Council says that although more than a third of students have expressed an interest in taking the subject, it is only available to 5 per cent of the UK school population
A new British Council report has warned that demand to study Mandarin in UK schools is outstripping supply
More science technicians leaving because of stress and exhaustion
Royal Society of Chemistry annual survey also finds that science teaching staff are struggling to deliver practical lessons

鈥楽truggling鈥� science teachers can鈥檛 afford to run practical lessons