General
Monday
30th Oct 2023
DfE school hardship fund a ‘sticking plaster’
Union leaders and special schools warn extra funding announced to support teacher pay increase will not be sufficient
Oak to get ‘up to £2m’ to develop AI teacher assistants
Union leaders question investment and warn that AI will not be a ‘silver bullet’ to fix teacher workload
Friday
27th Oct 2023
Teacher pension rise could force more private schools to exit scheme
Unions warn that unfunded rise for private schools will force more schools to drop out of the teacher pension scheme
RSHE: Keegan ‘undermining’ trust in schools, heads warn
School leaders’ unions say the education secretary’s ‘pursuit of a headline’ over RSHE could damage people’s faith in schools
Revealed: Ofsted MAT checks on hold until next April
With Ofsted announcing it will not carry out any more evaluations of MATs this financial year, ÌÇÐÄVlog looks at the key findings from its most recent reports
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Thursday
26th Oct 2023
Fears about students vaping raised with education secretary
Vaping in schools will only be ‘eradicated’ if more is done about the sale of e-cigarettes in shops nearby, MSPs hear
Weekly round-up: Ofsted chief probe and RSHE warning
This week’s essential education news includes a judge’s ruling over the Ofsted chief’s comments on home education and schools’ fears about the DfE’s latest RSHE demand
Rise in school at-risk pupil referrals since Covid
The proportion of referrals to social services being made by schools is increasing, new DfE data shows
£20m hardship funding to go to high-deficit schools
The DfE has published details of the £40m hardship fund to support schools announced alongside the teacher pay deal in July
Breaking: DfE to target extra school cash to high deficit areas
Half of the one-off £40m hardship fund announced for schools as part of the summer pay deal will go to local authorities with school deficits over 1% of income, the government has revealed
‘Vital’ behaviour hubs evaluation delayed
Schools say behaviour is getting worse – but findings from the government’s main initiative to tackle the problem have been delayed until next year
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