Ofsted Exclusive Absences to wellbeing: Pick a word to guess Ofsted’s rating Analysis reveals the words most commonly used in positive inspection reports, and which ones crop up most in bad… Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Academies Exclusive DfE ditches two key academy proposals White paper policies including 2030 academisation target and plans for council spin-off MATs have been dropped John Dickens 2y John Dickens 2y Academies Oasis gives up Isle of Sheppey academy where most pupils absent School with four below-‘good’ ratings in a row will become the first to ever leave England’s sixth-largest trust Tom Belger 2y Tom Belger 2y Teacher strikes NEU suspends strike in Wales following 6.5% pay offer Welsh government’s offer, which also includes a 1.5% one-off payment, puts Keegan under further pressure to avert strikes Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Schools Prevent review: Schools need ‘independent’ monitoring and better training Shawcross review of counter-extremism duty warns of ‘ambiguity’ of how schools’ compliance is monitored Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Teacher strikes DfE and Ofsted staff will strike again on budget day Walk-out by PCS union members on March 15 will also coincide with the next national teachers’ strike Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Academies Academy trusts expect to raid reserves despite ‘significant’ surpluses Accountants’ report warns trusts face ‘uncertainty’ as costs far outstrip schools’ income Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Schools Evidence not needed for short mental health absence, says DfE Government says GPs are ‘unlikely to be able to offer such evidence to support one-off absences related to mental… Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Teacher strikes Strike-day attendance just 10% among some year groups Analysis also shows poorer pupils were less likely to be in school, and academies were less likely to close Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Teacher training Teach First loses £2m bonuses after ‘inadequate’ recruitment DfE officials noted this year had been ‘challenging’, with the government missing its own targets Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Schools HPV inoculation rates lag behind pre-Covid levels Data shows take-up rates are 18 percentage points lower for year 8 girls than before the pandemic Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Schools Bucks’ support staff pay rise falls way behind national deal Council offers staff a rise of just 2%, when the national deal was 10.5% for lowest earners and 4%… Tom Belger 2y Tom Belger 2y Newer 1 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 972 Older