General
Wednesday
24th Jul 2024
New law 鈥榥ot enough鈥 to protect Scotland鈥檚 languages
Proposed new law will not 鈥榗reate the necessary conditions to address the challenges facing the Gaelic language鈥, warns Holyrood committee
Call to open ASN tribunal to all rejected by government
Widening the additional support needs tribunal鈥檚 jurisdiction could result in 鈥榰nnecessary escalation鈥, says education secretary Jenny Gilruth
Oak misses summer curriculum target due to music delay
The quango previously committed to releasing full curriculum packages for its first set of lesson planning and teaching resources聽by summer 2024
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Tuesday
23rd Jul 2024
Warning over use of facial recognition tech in schools
A secondary school has been reprimanded for breaking the law in introducing the technology for payments in its canteen
DfE 鈥榙oes not have a strategy鈥 for reducing disadvantage gap
The National Audit Office warns that the DfE has 鈥渓imited evidence鈥 on how well almost half of an estimated 拢9.2bn it has spent supports the attainment of disadvantaged children
Record speech and language waits 鈥榙amaging鈥 pupils鈥 chances
Shortage of specialists is preventing pupils from accessing the curriculum, heads warn
Monday
22nd Jul 2024
4 in 10 think mental maths is now less important
Concern over survey findings that show 40 per cent of public think mental maths is less important because of technological advances
Phillipson: Teacher pay decision by end of the month
Bridget Phillipson accuses the Conservatives of 鈥榓 complete dereliction of duty鈥 for failing to act on the pay review body鈥檚 recommendation before the election
Who are Labour鈥檚 education ministers?
Find out who will join education secretary Bridget Phillipson at the Department for Education
Who is on the shadow education team?
Gagan Mohindra and James Wild will serve in the Conservative鈥檚 shadow education team under Damian Hinds