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
SEND

Educational psychologists vote to strike

But the Association of Educational Psychologists also said it had received an 'improved pay offer'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker