High Court rejects NAHT’s Ofsted report card challenge Leaders’ union to consider appeal and will consult members on industrial action after judicial review application refused
Reform council’s school transport cut call ‘Victorian’, says Phillipson Phillipson rejects call to extend the distance children can be expected to make their own way to school
Trust’s 9-day fortnight boosted wellbeing, but ‘overwhelmed’ some staff Another paper finds impact of including other perks in teacher job adverts ‘comparable to a 10 per cent salary rise’
Calls for national CPD strategy as ‘hundreds of millions of pounds wasted’ New report estimates £1bn is spent annually on teacher development – but provision is patchy
Small schools demand Ofsted clarity over report card impact Inspectors will conduct three learning walks on the first day of inspections and hold at least five ‘reflection meetings’ with leaders across two days
Ofsted chief calls for new state school standards ‘enshrined in law’ Sir Martyn Oliver says new legislation would ‘stop Ofsted from tinkering’ and ‘deciding to do something new’
Ofsted inspections of MATs should be ungraded, says CST Confederation of School Trusts (CST) gives its feedback on plans for academy trust inspections
Wanted: Experts to help raise ‘school readiness’ Government to recruit experts to support new local leads in early maths, language and development
AI could analyse lessons delivered by new teachers under NIOT pilot Artificial intelligence could be used to analyse recordings of lessons by early career teachers under a new trial being planned