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School referrals to Prevent hit a ‘dead end’, warns commissioner
Dame Rachel de Souza calls for a change in the law after data shows most school referrals to the anti-terrorism programme bounce back with no action taken
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Teachers leaving profession ‘sooner than expected’, warns GTCS
The Scottish watchdog identifies 5 key ways to make teaching more attractive, as new data shows staff are quitting over lack of support and jobs
Schools must teach healthy relationships to tackle violence against girls
Teachers will be given specialist training to talk to students about issues such as consent, as part of a new government strategy to address misogyny
‘Static’ SEND funding puts support at risk, heads warn
Government announces that the use of its national formula for allocating high-needs funding for councils will be paused ahead of its planned reforms to the SEND system
Warning of ‘cognitive decline’ if schools miss out on AI development
England's biggest education union voices fears following the announcement that a Google subsidiary is looking to adapt its chatbot for use in schools
IB issues November exam results to 23,000 students
International Baccalaureate highlights an almost 7 per cent increase in candidates sitting its November exams, including some resit students in the Northern Hemisphere
Pupils in crowded and damp homes miss more school, study finds
Poor-quality housing affects educational outcomes as well as health, UCL research shows
Impact of huge rise in ASN numbers highlighted by teachers
Teachers 'struggle to deal with the diverse demands placed upon them', warns EIS union as it points to the stress and workload associated with additional support needs
Empty churches could be used for pupils with SEND, says Reform
A working group on tackling the SEND crisis is launched by Reform UK, to be led by former DfE minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns
5 key challenges in teacher recruitment and retention
Teacher workload and leadership 'churn' are among the big issues for the school workforce, an MPs' committee hears from the NEU, ASCL and NFER
David Ross Education Trust announces new chief executive
Simon Rose had been interim chief executive of the 36-school trust since September and has held other senior roles across DRET
Reigate Grammar to open school in Turkey next year
Reigate Grammar School will be the first British private school brand to open in the country – and it has plans for three more schools in Turkey
Most teachers have a homeless child at their school
And three-quarters of teachers say that homelessness has led to pupils doing poorly in assessments, research shows
Chemistry curriculum fails to reflect digital reality, RSC warns
Students are completing time-consuming tasks by hand, whereas professional scientists use advanced tools such as AI and machine learning, says Royal Society of Chemistry
No extra funding for teacher pay, Treasury confirms
Treasury says the DfE must fund any teacher pay award from its existing budget, with no additional money being provided beyond spending review settlements
Exam board fined a record £2m for ‘serious breaches’
Ofqual says the size of Pearson's fine for three separate cases reflects the 'serious nature' of its failures, which affected 'tens of thousands' of students
Google seeks to develop chatbot for teachers
Google DeepMind aims to build a version of its Gemini chatbot that can be used by teachers and is trained on the national curriculum in England
Eton-backed free schools among projects spared in DfE review
Two maths schools have also been given the go-ahead but most of the 44 mainstream free-school schemes that were on hold look set to be scrapped
SEND spending favours mainstream ‘at expense of special schools’
Leaders question government decision to drop special and alternative provision free schools amid pressure for specialist places
Safeguarding review on ‘zero tolerance’ sparks national row
Hackney safeguarding chair will write to the education secretary to voice concerns over criticism of the review from DfE behaviour ambassador Tom Bennett
Only 7% of heads will spend more time on arts post-EBacc
School leaders are not planning changes to arts provision, despite the scrapping of the EBacc, polling reveals
Can per-pupil funding keep schools afloat as rolls plummet?
Demographic decline is squeezing school budgets and forcing political choices. Is it time to rethink the way schools are funded?
Ofsted and DfE warned of grade shift in new inspections
Inspectorate and government warned they need to mitigate against risk that the move to new inspection framework will 'inadvertently' look like a decline in standards
Don’t overestimate resource base savings, heads warn Labour
Leaders question education secretary's suggestion that creating more specialist places in mainstream schools will address SEND cost pressures outlined in Budget
£3bn for mainstream SEND places, but special free schools face uncertainty
DfE announces plans to create 50,000 new specialist places but up to 77 free school projects could be replaced, with councils getting funding instead