Ofsted confirms state school inspections to resume on December 1 Routine inspections have been paused since July but will resume next month
Staff to strike over school’s virtual maths teacher NEU members to walk out for six days over Star Academies’ use of virtual teacher based hundreds of miles away for top set maths
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
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’
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
Union tells school leaders to demand Ofsted risk assessment NAHT says move is about ‘preventing avoidable harm – including the most serious outcomes – arising from a flawed inspection system’
Schools more positive about Ofsted inspections as headline grades ditched But analysis shows those taking part in survey are more likely to have had positive Ofsted outcomes
Ofsted keeps report cards support (or lack of) secret Unions blast the watchdog after it only provides a narrative summary of responses to its consultation