School leaders to get Ofsted support under ‘Caversham Covenant’ Heads in Southampton will get help to deal with ‘the strains of Ofsted’ in new scheme named after Ruth Perry’s school
NEU to hold indicative ballot over potential strike action Country’s largest teacher union to run indicative ballot in March asking members to back strike action
New Ofsted inspection pauses: how they would work Inspections could be paused for up to five days over leader wellbeing concerns, new policy states
Movers and shakers: Edition 344 Someone who once trained alongside athlete Linford Christie and a former child West End star are among those starting new jobs
Performance-related pay in schools to be scrapped from September New list of admin tasks teachers shouldn’t do will also be published, but plea for extra INSET day snubbed
New guidance to help schools tackle harassment of staff But union said ‘we also need a clear message from government that aggression towards school staff will never be tolerated’
18 new attendance hubs to help 2,000 schools cut absence DfE also confirms £15m rollout of attendance mentor scheme and new parent marketing campaign
Free school founder joins Ormiston as national transformation director Well-known leader takes up secondment at country’s ninth biggest trust
Tributes paid to ‘education giant’ Sir Tim Brighouse One of the country’s most influential educators remembered as a ‘towering beacon of light’