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Tuesday
1st Apr 2025
Ofsted chief rejects call for fewer inspection grades
In response to pressure to cut the proposed number of grades, Sir Martyn Oliver says he does not want schools to be told they have met a standard ‘and that’s good enough’
Would a legal win for private schools on VAT actually change anything?
Today the government will be forced to defend its policy of VAT on independent school fees in the High Court. But what will happen if the private school claimants win?
Monday
31st Mar 2025
Giving ex-Ofsted chief a seat in Lords ‘is inappropriate’
Headteacher groups write to the House of Lords to voice concerns over the reported nomination of former chief inspector Amanda Spielman
Scottish children’s commissioner: Too many children let down by education system
Nicola Killean calls on the Scottish government to ‘urgently’ redesign education, and criticises ‘glacial’ reform
Schools ‘can’t tackle violence against women and girls alone’
Schools should be teaching students about misogyny – but they need more help to address the problem, MSPs are told
Friday
28th Mar 2025
Private school teachers at United Learning vote to strike
NEU members at 10 out of 14 independent schools run by United Learning have backed industrial action over pay
Unions warn FM of plans to ballot over class-contact time
Teaching unions have hit out at the Scottish government’s lack of progress on cutting the time teachers spend in front of classes, and say they are being ‘shut out of negotiations’
Fears of further redundancies as school funding storm brews
Edapt has already recorded double the number of redundancy and restructuring cases in the past three months than in the whole of 2024, with concerns of more on the horizon
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CST: RISE team focus on stuck schools a ‘deeply questionable’ use of public money
Confederation of School Trusts raises concern that the definition of stuck schools can include a school that got a less-than-‘good’ Ofsted grade before a trust took it on
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Will the schools bill force good academies to close?
‘Explosive’ changes to school admissions have divided education leaders. Amid warnings about school closures, a loss of parent choice and ideological battles, ÌÇÐÄVlog looks at the likely impact of the legislation
Thursday
27th Mar 2025
SEND: 10,000 new places in mainstream and special schools
DfE warns that special schools are 8,000 students over capacity and highlights that fewer than one in 10 mainstream schools have specialist provision
Jenny Gilruth: Pupil behaviour is the ‘big’ priority
In an exclusive interview with ÌÇÐÄVlog Scotland, Scotland’s education secretary sets out the key issues she is focused on during a crucial period of reform for the schools sector
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