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Friday

EIS reveals first day of teacher strike action in Glasgow
Most schools in Scotland’s biggest local authority expected to close when teachers and other education professionals take strike action later this month
EIS reveals first day of teacher strike action in Glasgow
Bill could stop good schools expanding, ministers warned
Tory MPs raise concerns about plans to allow the Office of the Schools Adjudicator to set a school’s pupil admission number after a complaint is upheld
Conservative MPs raise concerns about plans to allow the Office of the Schools Adjudicator to set school admission numbers
Call for ‘meaningful alternatives’ when families opt out of RME and RO
Secondary school leaders welcome plans for students to get more say over participation in religious and moral education, and religious observance – but say there is a ‘resources issue’
Traditional and veggie burgers
No free school meal eligibility review in a decade, government admits
Liberal Democrats respond with amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, seeking automatic enrolment of pupils who are eligible for free school meals
No free school meal eligibility review in over a decade, government admits
Need to know: Q&A on DfE’s RISE teams
Here are seven key questions about the Department for Education’s new RISE teams – and what we know so far
Need to know: Q&A on DfE’s RISE teams
Sir Ian Bauckham appointed Ofqual chief regulator
Former MAT CEO is formally confirmed in post, having led Ofqual as interim chief regulator for a year
Sir Ian Bauckham
Stuck school intervention plan ‘complete nonsense’, say leaders
Headteachers’ leaders warn DfE plans could see schools academised or rebrokered despite showing improvement across multiple areas
Girl stuck in mud
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Nine inspection areas is ‘too many’, heads tell Ofsted
Teacher Tapp polling for ÌÇÐÄVlog reveals that six in ten senior leaders believe Ofsted is proposing to inspect too many areas in its report card plans
Inspecting number 9
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Maths schools at risk in lowest-performing regions
Plans for two specialist maths schools in regions with the lowest A-level scores could be cancelled as part of a government review
Pupil looking confused at maths equation
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