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DfE sets out £800m SEND teacher development contracts

The government’s spending plans could include the creation of national SEND CPD programmes, with contracts expected to be awarded to providers next year

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Leaders demand answers on remaining trust capacity funds

Trust leaders could be 'wasting their time' on bids after ÌÇÐÄVlog revealed nearly all of the original pot has been allocated

Teacher secondments ‘could boost Gen Z recruits’

Career breaks, and five other ways the government could hit its teacher recruitment pledge, according to Teach First

DfE urged to review curriculum panel over Oak links

Bridget Phillipson has been asked to look again at the membership of a curriculum and assessment review panel

Reforms must go ‘far beyond’ Scottish education bill, MSPs told

Some of the most influential figures in Scottish education in recent times raise concerns that an opportunity for 'bold and radical' reform is being missed

Schools must not use Ofsted logos for this year’s judgements

The main changes to Ofsted's inspection handbook, at a glance

Bill addresses restraint and seclusion in Scottish schools

Six key principles for reforming rules on restraint and seclusion in schools are being set out in the Scottish Parliament today

Call for Ofsted ‘transparency’ over board minutes

The watchdog has not published any board minutes for meetings held after September 2023

Help unsuccessful teacher trainees be TAs, DfE urged

Government-funded charity calls for unsuccessful ITT applicants to be 'redirected' to alternative careers within schools

Headteachers’ Roundtable names co-chairs

Caroline Derbyshire announces she is stepping down after four years as chair of the school leaders group

Inclusion top concern for academy CEOs

Trust leaders want to prioritise inclusion and SEND this year, but are hampered by funding shortfalls, the annual CST survey has found

School-college partnerships’ value to be explored in Scottish study

Research will raise questions about the structure of the senior phase in Scottish schools and how students are prepared to enter the workplace

Review of ‘fitness to teach’ rules opens in Scotland

GTCS calls for views after report earlier this year showed number of teachers being investigated through fitness-to-teach process had hit a 10-year high

Primary heads’ body opposes funding of week-long residentials for all

AHDS says £34m estimated in residential outdoor education bill should go instead to ASN, while education directors question whether proposals have been properly costed

Reforms risk blaming schools for wider SEND crisis, Ofsted warned

Can the inspectorate's new inclusion focus close a SEND 'accountability gap' – or could it shift criticism further onto schools? ÌÇÐÄVlog investigates

‘Irresponsible’ to delay SEND inspections in failing areas

As follow-up inspections are put on hold, a ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis sets out the range of problems in areas found to have widespread failings

Governors told no money for national recruitment drive

Without a new campaign, schools and trusts risk losing out on the 'valuable expertise and leadership' needed, warns National Governance Association

Helen Hayes: There is an ‘absence of trust in SEND system’

The new Commons Education Select Committee chair spoke to ÌÇÐÄVlog about what the committee's priorities could be

Ofsted Academy crackdown on ‘pirated’ materials

Matthew Purves has warned of a 'big industry' that seeks to 'exploit the anxiety around school inspection'

Education directors launch self-evaluation toolkit to ‘drive improvement’

Education services in Scotland must ‘take responsibility for their own improvement’, says ADES – ‘it isn’t possible to "inspect" improvement into a school or system’

Helen Hayes elected as education committee chair

Ms Hayes is the Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood and most recently worked as a shadow education minister under Labour

School uniform guidance: key principles for Scottish schools

There's no legal requirement for pupils to wear school uniform, but national guidance sets out key principles around affordability and equality

Call for U-turn over free meals in primary schools

MSPs back a parliamentary motion calling for all primary pupils in Scotland to receive free school meals ‘as promised’

Sixth-form teachers to vote on strikes over pay

NEU announces a formal strike ballot over pay for members at 40 sixth-form colleges

Scottish teacher pay offer backed by EIS members

Heavy vote in favour of 4.27 per cent pay rise after a week-long online ballot, with result described as 'very clear mandate'