General
Thursday
7th Mar 2024
Weekly round-up: Parent complaints ‘like the Wild West’
This week’s essential education news includes a ÌÇÐÄVlog investigation revealing the ‘unmanageable’ rise in parent complaints, and sector leaders’ frustration over the Spring Budget
Teacher absence in Scotland hits highest level in over a decade
Last year, Scottish teachers took more than 380,000 sick days, with stress identified as the number one factor driving the rise
Wednesday
6th Mar 2024
Exclusions policy to be reviewed amid school violence
Scottish government promises review after being accused of a lack of action over the increase in dangerous behaviour in schools
Budget 2024: £105m for 15 new special free schools
Here’s everything schools need to know about today’s Budget announcement
School uniform price cap could be set in Northern Ireland
Education minister Paul Givan does not favour abolishing school uniform but wants it to be more affordable
Parental complaints: DfE told urgent change needed to help schools
The volume of complaints is ‘not sustainable’ and ‘will have an impact on our ability to retain our leaders’, warns CST chief Leora Cruddas
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Revealed: 8 in 10 school leaders see rise in vexatious complaints
ÌÇÐÄVlog investigation uncovers a ‘Wild West’ parent complaints system pushing schools with stretched resources and stressed staff to the brink
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MAT leaders aim to stop ‘irreparable’ damage to small schools
The small school strategy group, formed of eight multi-academy trust CEOs, is working to help small schools find a compatible trust
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Ministers challenged over ‘intolerable’ school violence
Scottish Conservatives will accuse SNP ministers of failing to take action when school violence is leaving teachers ‘terrified to go to work’
Tuesday
5th Mar 2024
‘Poverty of financial education in UK’, Martin Lewis warns MPs
Getting financial education onto the national curriculum in England a decade ago has been ‘counterproductive’, Commons Education Select Committee told
Ofsted: 8 concerns over English teaching
Watchdog says teaching of reading has improved but curricula for spoken and written language are less effective