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Leaders warn government not to pile Neet work onto schools

As schools sector awaits imminent Milburn report on tackling the Neet crisis, an ASCL report accepts that schools can drive much of the work - but not alone

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Education secretary told teaching has become ‘unsafe and abusive’

There is no place in our schools for violent behaviour, Jenny Gilruth tells secondary teachers' union after being asked about the steps she is taking to protect staff

Sats 2023: ÌÇÐÄVlogt prep should not impact pupil wellbeing, DfE says

Department for Education says Sats tests are 'designed to be challenging' and to 'stretch' even the most capable amid concern over reading paper

Teachers call on Scottish government to outlaw ‘fire and rehire’

Strike action is looming at a Glasgow private school over changes to teacher pensions – and other schools could ‘impose similar detrimental changes’ without government intervention, a union warns

Warning over ‘slum’ housing impact on pupil attainment

New research reveals a fifth of families with children under six are living in conditions that negatively impact education attainment and health

MAT governors frustrated by not overseeing heads

The role of local governance in multi-academy trusts is explored in a new report by the National Governance Association – here are its key findings

MAT leaders ‘in the dark’ over DfE growth decisions

MAT chief executives are sounding the alarm over how academies are being rebrokered and trusts penalised for taking on challenging schools

NASUWT Scotland: behaviour policies leave teachers ‘vulnerable to allegations’

Impact on teachers may be 'devastating and often career ending, even if they are eventually found to have done nothing wrong', says union

MAT CEOs in frame for Ofsted chief inspector role

Three high-profile multi-academy-trust chief executives are understood to be in the running to replace Amanda Spielman

Weekly round-up: Sats trouble and GCSE guidance

This week’s education news round-up includes reports of pupils crying over the difficulty of this week's Sats reading paper, Ofqual guidance on mock GCSE exams and an investigation into the drop in the number of teachers over 50

SSTA: Teachers ‘denied opportunity’ to consider exams proposals

Leader of the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association will say in an address tomorrow that he fears proposed changes to assessment will ‘only add to teacher workload’

GCSEs: Increase in teacher support for online exams

But a new survey shows widespread concerns about how manageable moving to an online system would be for schools

Inclusion failure ‘risks a return to an institutional model’

Next month it will be three years since Angela Morgan published her support-for-learning review. She talks about how Scottish education still needs a 'radical redesign'

Sats 2023: Heads ‘very concerned’ about reading paper

Even school staff were left 'struggling to understand the questions' in yesterday's key stage 2 Sats reading paper, warns the NAHT

Sunak given ‘wake-up call’ over maths-to-18 plan

Think tank warns outcomes in primary maths have still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels

‘Give RSE specialist subject status,’ MPs told

Academics have told a Commons committee that a review of RSE should stick to the evidence base and not react to ‘sensationalist examples’ of bad practice

GCSEs: Only 1 set of mocks needed, schools told

Ofqual warns that putting pupils through too many assessments could have an adverse effect on some students’ mental well-being

Teacher pay: Be clearer on ‘fully funded’ definition, DfE told

The UK statistics watchdog responds to both DfE and NEU over row about affordability of teacher pay offer

Teachers against ‘foolhardy’ return to pre-Covid assessment

Only one in seven teachers thinks the return to pre-pandemic course assessments in Scotland is a positive move at Higher level, Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association research suggests

Wales: ‘Majority’ of pupils in first three years of school receiving free meals

The next phase of the Welsh universal free meal rollout in primary will begin in September with pupils in Years 3 and 4 benefiting

‘Dramatic’ rise in pastoral work takes ‘emotional toll’ on teachers

Three-fifths of teachers spend more time dealing with pupils' emotional needs and behaviour than before the pandemic, survey finds

Ofsted: Workload a major barrier to teacher development

Watchdog finds staff want more training to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities

Oak: Resources are not ‘finished lessons’

The organisation's shift in language is an attempt to 'deflect criticism of government centralisation of the curriculum', warns headteachers' union boss

AI could take ‘heavy lifting’ out of teaching, says Keegan

But before this can happen, government needs to improve its ’piecemeal and lacklustre’ approach to technology in schools, headteachers‘ leader warns

Sats: Year 6 teacher stress ‘short-lived’

Teacher stress is not a strong reason to abolish Sats, say researchers after study shows that Year 6 teachers' anxiety levels quickly return to normal after test week