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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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New law ‘not enough’ to protect Scotland’s languages

Proposed new law will not ‘create the necessary conditions to address the challenges facing the Gaelic language’, warns Holyrood committee

Call to open ASN tribunal to all rejected by government

Widening the additional support needs tribunal’s jurisdiction could result in ‘unnecessary escalation’, says education secretary Jenny Gilruth

Oak misses summer curriculum target due to music delay

The quango previously committed to releasing full curriculum packages for its first set of lesson planning and teaching resources by summer 2024

Warning over use of facial recognition tech in schools

A secondary school has been reprimanded for breaking the law in introducing the technology for payments in its canteen

DfE ‘does not have a strategy’ for reducing disadvantage gap

The National Audit Office warns that the DfE has "limited evidence" on how well almost half of an estimated £9.2bn it has spent supports the attainment of disadvantaged children

Extend pupil premium to sixth forms, Labour told

Funding is needed to prevent 'cliff edge' in post-16 education, think tank warns

Record speech and language waits ‘damaging’ pupils’ chances

Shortage of specialists is preventing pupils from accessing the curriculum, heads warn

4 in 10 think mental maths is now less important

Concern over survey findings that show 40 per cent of public think mental maths is less important because of technological advances

Phillipson: Teacher pay decision by end of the month

Bridget Phillipson accuses the Conservatives of 'a complete dereliction of duty' for failing to act on the pay review body’s recommendation before the election

Who are Labour’s education ministers?

Find out who will join education secretary Bridget Phillipson at the Department for Education

Who is on the shadow education team?

Gagan Mohindra and James Wild will serve in the Conservative's shadow education team under Damian Hinds

MAT growth decisions: key trends from 2023-24

Which regions are approving the most MAT mergers, and how many new primary academies are there? ÌÇÐÄVlog explores the data to find out

DfE curriculum and assessment review: 7 key details

What will Labour's curriculum and assessment review cover, how long will it take and can teachers get involved? Here's everything we know so far

Weekly round-up: Labour sets out its plans for schools

This week’s ÌÇÐÄVlog round-up includes Labour announcing a raft of education plans in the King's Speech and calls for an overhaul of the exams system

Over 500 Ofsted inspections delayed in crisis-hit year

Ofsted has published its annual accounts report. Here is everything you need to know

Youth work ‘under-appreciated’ and ‘under-resourced’, finds CLD review

It calls for ‘fairer distribution’ of education spending, as budgets for schools, colleges and universities 'dwarf' the amount spent on CLD

What will the new ungraded Ofsted inspections look like?

School leaders will be more involved in ungraded inspections from September as Ofsted aims to 'reduce the burden' on subject leads

EEF chief to lead DfE curriculum shake-up

Becky Francis will lead a review that Labour previously said would ensure curriculum is 'rich and broad' and consider balance of assessment

GCSEs 2024: Ofqual changes grading standards

Adjustments will be made to grading standards for GCSE computer science, French and German this summer

Morgan sounds ‘wake-up call’ as suspensions hit record high

DfE minister says new data showing that pupil suspensions have risen by more than a third in a year is 'shocking'

Teacher shortages ‘not caused by change in career ambitions’

Graduates are being put off teaching because of increasingly uncompetitive pay, the high workload and a lack of flexible-working opportunities, new analysis suggests

Ucas announces change to personal statement

Ucas introducing structured questions into the personal statement for university applications will provide 'much needed clarity', says union

Phillipson to lead child poverty taskforce

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who will jointly lead a new government taskforce, says living in poverty leaves children 'not ready to learn'

Scottish curriculum too narrow in both phases, say inspectors

In primary schools the post-pandemic focus on literacy, numeracy and wellbeing is identified as a concern, while in secondary ‘recruitment challenges’ are among the factors