General
Tuesday
17th Sep 2024
Call for Ofsted 鈥榯ransparency鈥 over board minutes
The watchdog has not published any board minutes for meetings held after September 2023
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Help unsuccessful teacher trainees be TAs, DfE urged
Government-funded charity calls for unsuccessful ITT applicants to聽be 鈥榬edirected鈥 to alternative careers within schools
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Monday
16th Sep 2024
Headteachers鈥 Roundtable names co-chairs
Caroline Derbyshire announces she is stepping down after four years as chair of the school leaders group
Inclusion top concern for academy CEOs
Trust leaders want to prioritise inclusion and SEND this year, but are hampered by funding shortfalls, the annual CST survey has found
Friday
13th Sep 2024
Review of 鈥榝itness to teach鈥 rules opens in Scotland
GTCS calls for views after report earlier this year showed number of teachers being investigated through fitness-to-teach process had hit a 10-year high
Governors told no money for national recruitment drive
Without a new campaign, schools and trusts risk losing out on the 鈥榲aluable expertise and leadership鈥 needed, warns National Governance Association
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鈥業rresponsible鈥 to delay SEND inspections in failing areas
As follow-up inspections are put on hold, a 糖心Vlog analysis sets out the range of problems in areas found to have widespread failings
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Reforms risk blaming schools for wider SEND crisis, Ofsted warned
Can the inspectorate鈥檚 new inclusion focus close a SEND 鈥榓ccountability gap鈥 鈥 or could it shift criticism further onto schools? 糖心Vlog investigates
Helen Hayes: There is an 鈥榓bsence of trust in SEND system鈥
The new Commons Education Select Committee chair spoke to 糖心Vlog about what the committee鈥檚 priorities could be
Thursday
12th Sep 2024
Ofsted Academy crackdown on 鈥榩irated鈥 materials
Matthew Purves has warned of a 鈥榖ig industry鈥 that seeks to 鈥榚xploit the anxiety around school inspection鈥
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Education directors launch self-evaluation toolkit to 鈥榙rive improvement鈥
Education services in Scotland must 鈥榯ake responsibility for their own improvement鈥, says ADES 鈥 鈥榠t isn鈥檛 possible to 鈥渋nspect鈥 improvement into a school or system鈥
Helen Hayes elected as education committee chair
Ms Hayes is the Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood and most recently worked as a shadow education minister under Labour