Curriculum Ministers to explore developing ‘more formative assessments’ for oracy Schools minister believes oracy is ‘as foundational as numeracy, literacy and writing’, and that is not just ‘an add… Esmé Kenney 4h Esmé Kenney 4h Pay and conditions Exclusive Not Tata yet – pension scheme handover delayed again IT giant now due to take on the contract from Capita this October – a year later than planned Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6h Politics Journalists shut out of events with ministers and officials Reporters are being banned from conferences where key public servants will speak Samantha Booth 6h Samantha Booth 6h Politics NEU: Teachers’ shift to Greens a ‘wake-up call’ to Labour Daniel Kebede also warns Reform UK would ‘make education a real hostile place for children who are LGBT, black,… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 11h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 11h Inclusion ‘Real concerns’ health service missing in SEND reforms The white paper thrusts schools into the driving seat of government’s reforms, prompting questions on whether health services will… Samantha Booth 11h Samantha Booth 11h Academies Exclusive 109 schools leaves United Learning ‘spread thin’, says former academies minister England’s biggest trust this week unveiled proposals to merge with south west chain Authentic Education Jack Dyson 16h Jack Dyson 16h News Fury as Ofsted digs in on ‘low expectations’ barb Oliver told the ASCL conference on Friday he would ‘never acquiesce to the quiet curse of low expectations’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 16h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 16h Movers and Shakers More DfE change as new regional director revealed Nigel Minns’s arrival in the department makes it four changes to regional groups within the last year Jack Dyson 1d Jack Dyson 1d Inclusion Special schools over capacity by 11,000 pupils Around two-thirds of special schools are still over-capacity, DfE says Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Pay and conditions Three-year 6.5% teacher pay rise won’t be enough, warns NFER Annual report paints ‘happier’ picture of sector but warns ‘this is not the time for complacency’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d School buildings LocatED chief to depart as DfE prepares to absorb property firm CEO announces she will take on ‘new challenge’ when the government-backed company moves into the department Jack Dyson 2d Jack Dyson 2d Movers and Shakers Nottingham professors to lead university teacher trainers’ body UCET chair Stefanie Sullivan, and fellow Nottingham University professor Jo McIntyre will jointly take over role Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,030 Older