Thursday
Falkirk delays decision on reducing school week
Fraught debate over Falkirk pupils’ learning hours reflects extreme pressures on education budgets felt by local authorities across Scotland
Teacher strikes over Glasgow job cuts put on hold
Strike ballots from both the EIS teaching union and primary school leaders’ body the AHDS failed to meet the 50 per cent turnout threshold
Monday
Most primary teachers would not consider secondary
The perceived barriers to teachers making the move from primary to secondary, including an ‘us and them’ mentality, have been revealed by DfE research
Widening access to private schools harder due to ‘challenges’ in sector
HMC chair comments come as the government plans to remove the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools from January
Ofqual warns schools over coursework cyberattack risk
The warning comes as a poll reveals more than four in 10 teachers say their school or college experienced a cyber incident during the last academic year
Friday
Heads’ and teachers’ wellbeing in ‘profound crisis’
New data on teacher and headteacher wellbeing, workload, supply teaching and teaching assistants was published today. Here’s what you need to know
Delay private school fee VAT charge or lose teachers ‘permanently’
Headteachers’ and teachers’ leaders have urged ministers to delay implementation of the government’s school fee levy to next September, and to carry out an impact assessment
