General
Friday
7th Feb 2025
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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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
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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
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Thursday
6th Feb 2025
Gilruth pauses school ‘sex survey’ amid concerns over data availability
Education secretary has recognised the ‘strength of feeling’ over use of data from health and wellbeing census that asked upper secondary school students about sex and relationships
Dispute over class-contact time ‘appears inevitable’, says union
The Scottish government had promised to bring forward ‘firm proposals’ for cutting teacher class-contact time by Monday of this week, but that deadline has been missed
More than 9 in 10 heads reject Ofsted’s report card plan
The NAHT urges Ofsted to rethink its plans after its snap poll shows an overwhelming rejection from school leaders