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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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Apprenticeships shortened to get teachers into classroom sooner

Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship courses will be reduced from 12 to nine months

Heads legally powerless to avoid Ofsted report card inspections

The NAHT has taken legal action against Ofsted's recent consultation. But, regardless of the outcome, schools will have to participate in inspections, say legal experts

More primaries take ‘far from perfect’ KS1 Sats

There has been a slight rise in primaries planning to run May key stage 1 Sats this year, despite copies no longer being sent automatically to schools

DfE reveals 215 ‘stuck’ schools getting RISE support

The schools that RISE advisers are giving targeted support to include 70 converter academies

FM’s attainment gap claim ‘should have been clearer’

UKSA points out that data cited at First Minister's Questions in February related to school leavers rather than attainment while at school

Progress scores have fallen in Priority Education Investment Areas

FFT Education Datalab found the average Progress 8 score in Priority Education Investment Areas was lower in 2024 than in 2022 when the scheme began

Concern over silence on Oak probe

An independent review into Oak National Academy was set to conclude in early 2025 but the DfE cannot say when it will be published or provide meeting details

Cut GCSE exam papers to boost wellbeing, suggests OCR chief

Exam board chiefs disagreed on the benefits of coursework when appearing in front of MPs this week

Teacher shortage ‘locks out’ poorest students from Stem A levels

Nearly a third of schools in the poorest areas can't offer computer science A level due to teacher shortages, research shows

DfE to set out costed SEND plan ‘within a year’

Government accepts recommendations for action on SEND from public spending watchdog but says it cannot commit to meeting deadlines

Keep AI away from early years, says digital learning expert

Human teachers must remain at the forefront of early education, as artificial intelligence could make mistakes when children are encountering 'key big ideas' for the first time, school leaders in Scotland told

Scottish first claimed as mobile phones locked away during lessons

Edinburgh schools' pilot project aims to ensure equity through a complete block on the use of phones in classes

Students to get GCSE results via app under DfE trial

GCSE students in two regions will access their results digitally this summer as part of a new 'education record' that is being piloted

Maths funding to target girls at disadvantaged schools

Government says £8.2m will help more than 7,000 pupils to study maths at A level and get into AI-related jobs

Heads vote to open way for academies to rejoin LAs

NAHT national executive talks up a mandate to 'lobby government for a system that suits the needs of schools'

NAHT to take Ofsted to court over school report cards

School leaders' union issues a claim for a judicial review against Ofsted in response to its proposed changes to the inspection system

Call for consistent approach to security in Scottish schools

School security 'varies considerably' across the country for a variety of reasons, the NASUWT teaching union will say today

International schools group expands portfolio in Latin America

Nord Anglia makes first venture into Uruguay in latest example of consolidation in the international schools sector

‘Distributed leadership’ is good for schools - and democracy

Even in education, ‘attitudes that validate authoritarian leaders are a threat to the democratic ideal’, says new report looking at school leadership in Latin America

Teachers urged to take on economics alongside core subjects

Bank of England launches training scheme as FFT analysis shows extreme differences in take-up of economics across the country

Most school leaders ‘struggling’ to support pupils with SEND

Headteachers say pupils with SEND who should be taught in specialist provision have to remain in mainstream schools because of a lack of places

Revealed: The SQA’s grades for teachers who mark exams

The proportion of exam markers graded A for their marking of some of the most popular Higher subjects ranged from 97 per cent to just 38 per cent last year, ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis shows

RISE teams: Trust leaders voice transparency concerns

Academy trust leaders tell ÌÇÐÄVlog that it's not clear how support for struggling schools will be procured under the government scheme

Heads demand clarity on the legal right to seclude pupils

School leaders voice fears over changes to government guidance on the use of restraint, warning that they could lead to the unfair treatment of pupils with SEND