General
Tuesday
Unauthorised absence ‘stubbornly high’ despite higher fines
Absence rates have not dropped since higher £160 fines were introduced in September, analysis reveals
‘Still much to do’ on seminal ASL review, four years on
With only around 18 months of the current Parliament remaining, almost half of the action plan that resulted from review of additional support needs has yet to be completed
Nord Anglia makes appointments to education board
International schools group announces four high-profile appointments to help students ‘thrive in a rapidly changing world’
Regional support and intervention teams: what schools need to know
Ofsted report cards will ‘strongly inform’ the level of regional support and intervention that schools receive from new RISE teams, the DfE says
Pupils’ reading enjoyment at lowest level in almost 20 years
Children’s reading is at ‘crisis’ point, the National Literacy Trust warns, after a significant fall in the number of young people who report enjoying reading
Financial education: 9 in 10 teachers say it should be taught beyond maths
More teachers said financial education should be delivered in PSHE or across the curriculum than in just maths lessons
Monday
GTCS plans to increase teachers’ registration fee
The General Teaching Council for Scotland says it is ‘planning to increase the fee on an incremental basis from April 2025’
Rethinking how disability and ableism are discussed in schools
New ‘disability literacy’ training aimed at schoolteachers is being offered by Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh
Laura Trott named shadow education secretary
Neil O’Brien will serve as a shadow education minister under the new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch
