General
Thursday
Behaviour plan for Scottish schools promised ‘in coming weeks’
Education secretary vows to deliver plan in response to warnings about ‘dangerous and disruptive behaviour’ in Scottish schools
Vote ‘no’ on pay offer, school support staff told
School support staff union could move to strike action if members vote to reject £1,290 pay rise
Next government ‘needs to fix systemic crises’ in schools
Unions set out their general election demands on teacher recruitment and retention, school buildings and provision for pupils with SEND
Wednesday
Unions urge DfE to immediately publish STRB report
There is ‘no good reason’ to delay publishing the pay review body recommendations, say four unions
Swinney vows to improve public services and ‘educational performance’
But opposition leaders hit out at his record as education secretary, saying he was tasked with closing the attainment gap – and failed
Rise MAT appoints interim CEO
Dave Ellison-Lee, currently director of education and deputy CEO at Rise, will step into the role in September
DfE to research risks posed by older school buildings
Headteachers’ leaders say they hope researching building risks leads to DfE ‘correcting perpetual underinvestment in the school estate’
Kate Forbes: ‘Gaelic must be brought to life beyond the classroom’
Gaelic should be ‘a living, breathing language’ – not just a language of the classroom, deputy first minister tells MSPs
National maths specialist appointed in Scotland
Former secondary school leader Andy Brown will be ‘leading the work to update the maths and numeracy curriculum’
Heads call for end to ‘annual circus’ of teacher pay settlements
Schools need a ‘long-term approach to reliable pay and progression’ to end recruitment crisis, a headteachers’ think tank has warned
MPs call for urgent curriculum review to expand financial education
Content in the ‘overcrowded’ curriculum must be reduced to deliver more financial education, say heads’ leaders
