General
Thursday
8th May 2025
DfE reveals 215 ‘stuck’ schools getting RISE support
The schools that RISE advisers are giving targeted support to include 70 converter academies
FM’s attainment gap claim ‘should have been clearer’
UKSA points out that data cited at First Minister’s Questions in February related to school leavers rather than attainment while at school
Progress scores have fallen in Priority Education Investment Areas
FFT Education Datalab found the average Progress 8 score in Priority Education Investment Areas was lower in 2024 than in 2022 when the scheme began
Concern over silence on Oak probe
An independent review into Oak National Academy was set to conclude in early 2025 but the DfE cannot say when it will be published or provide meeting details
Exclusive
Saturday
3rd May 2025
Heads vote to open way for academies to rejoin LAs
NAHT national executive talks up a mandate to ‘lobby government for a system that suits the needs of schools’
Call for consistent approach to security in Scottish schools
School security ‘varies considerably’ across the country for a variety of reasons, the NASUWT teaching union will say today
NAHT to take Ofsted to court over school report cards
School leaders’ union issues a claim for a judicial review against Ofsted in response to its proposed changes to the inspection system
Friday
2nd May 2025
International schools group expands portfolio in Latin America
Nord Anglia makes first venture into Uruguay in latest example of consolidation in the international schools sector
‘Distributed leadership’ is good for schools - and democracy
Even in education, ‘attitudes that validate authoritarian leaders are a threat to the democratic ideal’, says new report looking at school leadership in Latin America
Teachers urged to take on economics alongside core subjects
Bank of England launches training scheme as FFT analysis shows extreme differences in take-up of economics across the country
RISE teams: Trust leaders voice transparency concerns
Academy trust leaders tell ÌÇÐÄVlog that it’s not clear how support for struggling schools will be procured under the government scheme