Solutions Long read Nine-day fortnight proves a big hit with Dixons staff One term in, Schools Week visited Dixons Fazakerley Academy, in Liverpool, to see how it’s going… Lucas Cumiskey 5mo Lucas Cumiskey 5mo News SEND tribunals soar by 55%, and almost all still side with families Ministry of Justice reports 21,000 SEN appeals in 2023-24, up from less than 14,000 the year before Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo BTECs Revealed: the BTECs saved from the chop… for now Ministers announce level 3 qualifications that will no longer be defunded next year Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo Exams Ofqual: School-level exam cheating hits three-year high Cases of students cheating also jumped by 5.9 per cent, Ofqual data shows Lucas Cumiskey 5mo Lucas Cumiskey 5mo School funding 20% rise in council primaries in deficit, but secondaries improve slightly New data shows primary and special schools hit hardest by cuts – as the proportion of LA-run schools in… Jack Dyson 5mo Jack Dyson 5mo Home education Home education soars by 21% in a year And the number ‘missing’ education entirely has risen by 28 per cent Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo Artificial Intelligence Using ChatGPT can cut lesson planning by 31% – EEF study Randomised control trial found teachers told to use the generative AI cut 25.3 minutes from their planning time Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo Recruitment and retention Teacher recruitment could be worse than it looks, DfE suggests Government forecasts ‘challenging period’ ahead, will review NPQs…but there are record returners Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo News DfE seeks teacher pay body’s views on 9-day fortnights and staggered starts Views sought on areas where teachers’ pay and conditions ‘may pose a barrier to flexible working’ Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo School buildings Competition watchdog opens ‘suspected bid-rigging’ probe into school repair contracts CMA says it has ‘reason to suspect’ companies ‘illegally colluded to rig bids to secure contracts’ Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo Teacher pay DfE: 2.8% teacher pay rise ‘would be appropriate’ for 2025-26 Schools told they will need to find ‘efficiencies’ to ‘supplement’ extra cash allocated at the budget Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo News Schools urged to register defibrillators as half ‘invisible’ to ambulance crews Leaders urged to take five minutes to register their life-saving device on a national database Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo Newer 1 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 969 Older
