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Yesterday
2nd Jul 2024
7 demands from North East leaders ahead of the election
School leaders’ network Schools North East’s manifesto calls on the next government to recognise the impact of long-term poverty on schools
Teaching assistant cuts expected in half of deprived schools
Proportion of senior leaders predicting cuts to TA spending has risen sharply since last year amid budget struggles, survey finds
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DfE property firm helps sell 1 surplus school site in 5 years
LocatED director previously claimed that schools were sitting on surplus land ‘the size of central London’
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Friday
28th Jun 2024
Scottish councils reject requirement to maintain teacher numbers
Local authorities say they ‘recognise the vital role of teachers’ but that ‘progress cannot be made by focusing on teachers alone’
Ofsted report card model should have ‘slim’ set of standards
The Association of School and College Leaders has called for the creation of a new statutory set of standards to underpin school accountability reforms proposed by Labour
Weekly round-up: ITT recruitment trouble and staff leaving
This week’s essential education news includes high rejection rates for ITT applications for subjects with staff shortages, and the scale of the teacher retention crisis
Revealed: Third of Stem teacher trainee applications rejected
Tes analysis sparks warning that a rise in overseas applications for teacher training will not tackle ‘chronic’ teacher shortages
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Teachers’ views sought on new Scottish education bill
The education bill promises to ‘better support pupils and teachers’, so MSPs are particularly keen to hear their opinions
Thursday
27th Jun 2024
Social challenges are ‘beyond’ trust leaders, CST warns
Schools are facing social difficulties caused by the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis that have left them like ‘islands in a raging, flooded river’, says expert
Revealed: Why heads fear taking phased retirement
More than half of headteachers would consider phased retirement, partly to avoid burnout, but a third don’t think it will be possible, according to research
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Exam board: 1.5m pupils struggling to engage at school
Additional staff to support pupils would help combat disengagement, say teachers responding to Pearson survey