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Thursday
18th Jul 2024
Weekly round-up: Labour sets out its plans for schools
This week’s ÌÇÐÄVlog round-up includes Labour announcing a raft of education plans in the King’s Speech and calls for an overhaul of the exams system
Over 500 Ofsted inspections delayed in crisis-hit year
Ofsted has published its annual accounts report. Here is everything you need to know
Youth work ‘under-appreciated’ and ‘under-resourced’, finds CLD review
It calls for ‘fairer distribution’ of education spending, as budgets for schools, colleges and universities ‘dwarf’ the amount spent on CLD
What will the new ungraded Ofsted inspections look like?
School leaders will be more involved in ungraded inspections from September as Ofsted aims to ‘reduce the burden’ on subject leads
EEF chief to lead DfE curriculum shake-up
Becky Francis will lead a review that Labour previously said would ensure curriculum is ‘rich and broad’ and consider balance of assessment
Morgan sounds ‘wake-up call’ as suspensions hit record high
DfE minister says new data showing that pupil suspensions have risen by more than a third in a year is ‘shocking’
Teacher shortages ‘not caused by change in career ambitions’
Graduates are being put off teaching because of increasingly uncompetitive pay, the high workload and a lack of flexible-working opportunities, new analysis suggests
Wednesday
17th Jul 2024
Phillipson to lead child poverty taskforce
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who will jointly lead a new government taskforce, says living in poverty leaves children ‘not ready to learn’
Scottish curriculum too narrow in both phases, say inspectors
In primary schools the post-pandemic focus on literacy, numeracy and wellbeing is identified as a concern, while in secondary ‘recruitment challenges’ are among the factors
King’s Speech 2024: what schools need to know
The new Labour government has set out its plans for schools in a Children’s Wellbeing Bill announced in the King’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament
Pension row: MAT chief says unions should trust teachers
Sir Jon Coles defends plan for an alternative pension scheme as union calls for its members at United Learning to attend an urgent meeting
AP facing staff funding cliff edge, Phillipson warned
Alternative provision leaders call for more funding and action on unregulated provision in open letter to education secretary
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