News

Longer school day has ‘small yet positive’ attainment boost

Schools with top Ofsted grades and selective schools more likely to have extended days, finds EPI

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted: ECF and NPQ providers get more time to request deferrals

Watchdog will also allow providers to present extra evidence in inspector meetings and give them longer to raise concerns

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
antisemitism

DfE resumes £7m procurement to tackle antisemitism in schools

Phillipson says scheme will ‘give teachers confidence to root out antisemitism’ after rise in cases

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Ofsted: Some KS1 pupils not gaining ‘foundational knowledge’

Report also warns curriculums for English, beyond the teaching of phonics, are ‘often weak’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Oracy

Teacher training, GCSE reform and investment needed to make oracy the ‘fourth R’

Oracy Commission sets out how to embed speaking, listening and communication throughout the curriculum

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

NASUWT leader Dr Patrick Roach to step down

Trade unionist says he won’t seek a second term in the teaching union’s top job

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Recruitment and retention

Lead NPQ provider latest to pull out of scheme after cuts

TDT said delivering government contracts ‘constrained’ its ability to be ‘critical friend’ to ministers and provide ‘impartial’ advice to…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher pay

More ‘above-inflation’ pay rises needed, say unions

Pay recommendations must not be constrained by ‘existing inadequate funding levels’, say leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Pupils less happy at school and find learning less interesting

Teachers said they feel less respected by students than in previous years

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Exams

Covid outcomes squeeze ‘waning’, but disadvantage gap widens

Union boss calls for ‘renewed focus on low-attainment and disadvantage gap’, after release of NFER report

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

DfE study: Gene testing ‘could speed up SEND support’

Researchers suggest genetic screening could ‘function within current systems for SEND and alternative provision’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

EdCity: The community inclusion HQ with schools at its heart

Ark Schools teams up with Hammersmith and Fulham council to turn a run-down playground into a new community

John Dickens
John Dickens