Recruitment and retention

New Teaching Commission launched to solve staffing crisis

Former NEU joint general secretary Dr Mary Bousted to chair 16-member panel to look at recruitment and retention

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exclusions

Suspensions up 40% as exclusions rise by a quarter

Union leader says figures show 'whole system teetering on the brink of collapse'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Home education

Parents will need council permission to home educate children with protection enquiries or plans

Councils will also have to include schools in 'multi-agency safeguarding teams'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted proposes giving schools one of five ratings across 10 areas

Plans for report cards shared with leaders show schools graded from 'exemplary' to 'causing concern' against areas including...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofqual investigates extra exam time at private schools

Forty-two per cent of private school pupils get extra time, compared to 26.5 per cent of state pupils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Pensions

First rise in teachers’ pension contributions since 2015 proposed

Plans would see employee contribution rates rise by up to £200 a year - but lowest-paid would not be...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE told to abolish ‘overwhelmingly negative’ T-level transition course

Think tank says foundation year is ‘failing’ in main aim – promoting progression to T-levels

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News

Leader stress ‘chronic and acute’ as pupil behaviour worsens

Education Support warns of 'disturbingly high rates of stress, anxiety, and burnout' among school staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Youth club closures affected GCSE results, warns IfS report

Study also estimates that for every £1 saved from closing youth clubs, 'there are societal costs of nearly £3'

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Freddie Whittaker