RAAC: DfE lists 174 schools now affected Government reveals 27 more schools have had RAAC identified in their buildings
Delayed DBS checks leave teachers waiting in the wings Target to process four in five enhanced checks for education staff missed in August, figures show
ChatGPT: One in three teachers use AI to help with school work Proportion of teachers and leaders reporting using the technology has doubled in five months
NELI catch-up scheme boosted children’s language by 4 months Evaluation also finds pupils eligible for free school meals made even more progress from national roll-out of intervention
Language hubs: 19 schools named in first round of £15m reboot Expansion of pilot programme will include a £400k scheme to boost take-up of German
Ofsted won’t inspect schools on DfE’s RAAC list Affected schools ‘will not be selected for inspection during the term’ unless Ofsted has ‘concerns’
Primary school disadvantage gap stops widening But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains way above pre-pandemic levels
Educational psychologists vote to strike But the Association of Educational Psychologists also said it had received an ‘improved pay offer’
RAAC PAC: 10 things we learned as DfE bosses grilled by MPs Senior civil servants appeared before the public accounts committee amid the school building crisis