School readiness Exclusive Wanted: Experts to help raise ‘school readiness’ Government to recruit experts to support new local leads in early maths, language and development Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d Academies Exclusive More standalone schools on the brink as deficits grow Seventy-five trusts – one with a deficit of almost £6 million – raised concerns about their ability to continue… Jack Dyson 5d Jack Dyson 5d Curriculum Profile ‘I dream the curriculum every night’: leading education’s toughest brief After 14 months heading the government’s curriculum review, Becky Francis reflects on control, compromise – and finding the right… John Dickens 5d John Dickens 5d News White paper plan for schools to be part of a ‘group’ Officials working on plan to encourage all schools to join a group, sources told Schools Week John Dickens 5d John Dickens 5d League tables Grammars top league tables as attainment replaces progress 8 Progress 8 cannot be calculated this year and next because SATs were cancelled for two years during the pandemic Samantha Booth 6d Samantha Booth 6d Schools AI could analyse lessons delivered by new teachers under NIOT pilot Artificial intelligence could be used to analyse recordings of lessons by early career teachers under a new trial being… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6d Inequality Working-class white kids ‘most resistant to transformative work by schools’ Boss of review probing the issue says leaders ‘faced with intergenerational discontent’ Jack Dyson 6d Jack Dyson 6d Behaviour Schools white paper will ‘focus on setting expectations on behaviour’ Education secretary is concerned about children vulnerable to ‘darker forces’ online when they disengage from school Freddie Whittaker 6d Freddie Whittaker and Ruth Lucas 6d News ‘Double disadvantage’: Poorer pupils with SEND less likely to get EHCPs Sutton Trust warns of ‘double disadvantage’ with poorer families ‘less able to navigate the system’ Samantha Booth 7d Samantha Booth 7d News Phillipson to reveal 90% phonics check ‘ambition’ Bridget Phillipson to unveil new target today – and says year 8 reading test will ‘assess fluency and comprehension’ Schools Week Reporter 7d Schools Week Reporter 7d Covid DfE was ‘confident’ over Covid testing plan to keep schools open – rather than closures DfE permanent secretary tells the Covid Inquiry mass testing would have been ‘executed really well’ in January 2021 -… Ruth Lucas 7d Ruth Lucas 7d Academies Specialist MAT given notice to improve after seeking bailout 12-school trust said it had to ask for ’emergency’ government cash after ‘significant delays’ to SEND and free school… Jack Dyson 7d Jack Dyson 7d Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1,004 Older