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Friday
30th Aug 2024
Academy transparency fears as regional advisory meetings halted
Important strategic decisions facing multi-academy trusts must be addressed with ‘due speed’, says Confederation of School Trusts
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Scottish schools waiting nearly two decades for inspection
Entire childhoods have come and gone in the time since a small number of Scotland’s schools last went through a full inspection
DfE reveals curriculum and assessment review panel members
The panel supporting Professor Becky Francis’ government curriculum and assessment review has been unveiled
Safeguarding concerns rising in international schools, report finds
‘Vital’ to reduce pressure on staff and improve reporting processes, Tes international safeguarding survey shows
Thursday
29th Aug 2024
Education directors criticise ‘watering down’ of reforms
‘Significant change’ to Scottish qualifications and national education agencies is required – not a ‘surface makeover’, says education directors’ body ADES
Alison Peacock: School improvement drive has ‘almost gone too far’
Some teachers feel as though they have to ‘follow a script’ due to the pressures of the accountability system, the teachers’ leader warned
Competition investigation into SIMS provider ESS closes
The Competition and Markets Authority ends its investigation into school information management provider ESS after ruling that ‘intervention is no longer needed’
Warning over autumn term surge in measles cases
Nationwide vaccination campaign aims to avoid a repeat of last year’s autumn measles outbreak among pupils
Teachers ‘must be at the heart’ of child poverty taskforce
Nearly three in 10 teachers personally provided food to pupils in the summer term because they were concerned for their welfare, poll shows
Wednesday
28th Aug 2024
Schools ‘need crucial guidance’ after summer riots
DfE urged to publish guidance ‘swiftly’ ahead of the new school term next week to ‘help tackle the very real risk of division entering the school gates’
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Attainment and school attendance down for looked-after children
Rate of exclusions among looked-after pupils has also increased for the first time in 12 years, and is almost six times the overall rate
DfE: AI to help teachers plan lessons and mark homework
The government is investing £4 million to pool documents such as lesson plans and assessments that can be used to train artificial intelligence tools