General
Tuesday
9th Jul 2024
Don’t sack heads for a poor Ofsted, CST leader says
Leora Cruddas, chief executive of the MAT sector body, says trusts should know their schools and heads, and not be reliant upon Ofsted to highlight problems
![Leaving job](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Ofsted-sacking.jpg?itok=PbUf2N8i)
Damian Hinds named as shadow education secretary
Former education secretary and schools minister appointed to the Conservatives’ opposition front bench
![Damian Hinds](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Damian-Hinds2.jpg?itok=lmC8AkfE)
Monday
8th Jul 2024
Punitive measures to cut absence ‘no longer work’
Schools should instead adopt a ‘collaborative approach’, providing support to families of pupils with poor attendance, study finds
![Attendance](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Punitive-attendance2.jpg?itok=Ipamk5lL)
Labour must end SEND ‘arms race’, MAT leaders say
MAT leaders have said that the SEND system needs ‘radical reform’ and should be fixed as a ‘priority’
![Labour must end SEND ‘arms race’, MAT leaders say](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Arms%20Race.jpg?itok=uSQ5tTQD)
Bridget Phillipson to meet with unions as ‘priority’
Department for Education also says it will expand the national teacher recruitment campaign but has not set out any details
![Bridget Phillipson to meet with unions as ‘priority’](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Bridget%20Phillipson4.jpg?itok=n-N4Zdk6)
Saturday
6th Jul 2024
MAT chief: ‘Mistake’ to assume academies were a ‘silver bullet’
A former DfE adviser also tells the Festival of Education that the Labour government will have to ‘tackle a bunch of questions’ about the academy system despite its ‘agnostic’ stance on school structure
![Bandaid broken glass](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Silver-bullet.jpg?itok=f3mwSufo)
Labour urged to back national governor recruitment drive
The National Governance Association said the DfE had found money for a governor recruitment drive before the election was called
![Labour urged to back national governor recruitment drive](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/governor%20recruitment.jpg?itok=fSlKeYeT)
Friday
5th Jul 2024
Read: Bridget Phillipson’s opening speech to the DfE
The new education secretary has given her first speech in the role to the department she will now lead – read it here in full
![Bridget Phillipson education secretary](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Bridget%20Phillipson3.jpg?itok=o7iiSote)
Weekly round-up: What will Labour mean for schools?
This week’s Tes round-up focuses on Labour’s plans for education, the challenges the new government must overcome and the reaction from the sector to a historic election victory
![Round up](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Round-up.jpg?itok=kwfUz77Q)
Keegan among former education ministers to lose in election
Former education secretaries and ministers voted out as Conservative Party suffer historic election defeat
![Gillian Keegan](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Keegan-loses3.jpg?itok=1iBKXOUp)
12 questions for the new Labour government on education
Tes takes a closer look at the gaps in the new Labour government’s manifesto pledges for schools
![Labour questions](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Question-Labour2.jpg?itok=CBOJklSj)
Labour’s education policy: what schools can expect
The new government has pledged to hire teachers in shortage subjects, replace Ofsted grades and ensure schools are inclusive for pupils with SEND
![Kier Starmer Labour education policy](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Kier_starmer_Labour_education_policy.jpg?itok=uNtKsgIN)