Teacher strikes

NASUWT: 1 in 4 secondaries expect disruption as teachers work to rule

Polling data shows 14% of secondary teachers and 5% of primary teachers planned to take part in industrial action

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: 8 things we learned from Baroness Barran

Minister and DfE boss appear in front of MPs as number of affected schools balloons to 174

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: DfE lists 174 schools now affected

Government reveals 27 more schools have had RAAC identified in their buildings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
ChatGPT

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Catch-up

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

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'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SATs

Primary school disadvantage gap stops widening

But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains way above pre-pandemic levels

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker