General
Thursday
16th Jan 2025
Ofsted considers longer safeguarding inspection insights
Binary judgements for schools on safeguarding are likely to remain, although they could change from ‘effective’ or ‘ineffective’ to either ‘met’ or ‘not met’
Defined list of teacher responsibilities ‘not helpful’, says DfE
The DfE has responded to recommendations from the previous Commons Education Select Committee on how to address the teacher recruitment and retention crisis
Providers get £41m to deliver combined ITT and ECF framework
ÌÇÐÄVlog previously revealed the four providers that had been selected to deliver the rolled-together Initial Teaching Training and Early Career Framework
Wednesday
15th Jan 2025
How many private school pupils have joined Edinburgh state schools?
It was predicted that the introduction of VAT on private school fees would have a disproportionate impact on the capital’s schools – we reveal the latest figures
Phillipson: ‘Floor but no ceiling’ on teacher pay
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson answers MPs’ questions on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, SEND and more
‘No urgency’ in DfE to tackle SEND ‘emergency’, MPs warn
The government needs to take urgent action to address the SEND crisis and explain how its vision for inclusive education will be achieved, says public spending watchdog
Tuesday
14th Jan 2025
Disadvantage gap: 9 things DfE told MPs
Early years premium to be continually reviewed, schools being chased on missing pupil premium plans, and seven other things officials said in Parliament
The 5 key priorities for the NPQ and ECF reviews
Sector experts offer their views on what the two recently announced reviews need to focus on to truly help teachers and leaders – both now and in the future
Ofsted to investigate why pupils with SEND are leaving education
Reviews will focus on pupils not in school, those receiving a part-time education and those who are severely absent
Sir Kevan Collins promoted to leading DfE role
Sir Kevan, previously school standards adviser at the Department for Education, will ‘challenge and scrutinise’ ministers as lead non-executive director