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Experts warn Andy Burnham’s government must have a teacher supply strategy and plans to resource schools to deliver his plan for 'technical pathways' from age 14 schoolsweek.co.uk/can-schools-...
Can schools get the staff for Burnham's technical pathways?Establishing workforce and facilities will take 'time and significant investment', experts warnschoolsweek.co.ukMinisters plan to introduce new guidance on how education technology companies can use children’s data, as audits found many providers could not prove their approach was lawful or authorised by schools https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ed-tech-companies-used-pupil-data-without-telling-schools-ico/
Changes to school inspections to better recognise preparation of children for work will be made through Ofsted’s 'annual update process', the watchdog has said schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-would...
Ofsted would enact Burnham plan via annual 'update process'It suggests proposals for greater parity of esteem would not require a full framework re-writeschoolsweek.co.ukNew recruits to the Department for Education cannot work from two of its regional offices due to limited desk space https://schoolsweek.co.uk/capacity-issues-cause-recruitment-freeze-at-two-dfe-offices/
Exclusive: Ministers are looking to private sponsors to make it easier for schools to buy life-saving 'spare' allergy pens, as required under new landmark guidance https://schoolsweek.co.uk/allergy-pens-dfe-looks-at-sponsorship-route-to-help-schools/
Exclusive: The Conservatives' wraparound childcare programme underspent by almost a fifth, with affordability challenges and a lack of demand from parents hitting school take-up. schoolsweek.co.uk/conservative...
Conservatives' wraparound childcare scheme underspent by a fifthThe Conservatives’ wraparound scheme was hit with affordability challenges and a lack of demand from parentsschoolsweek.co.ukMinisters plan to introduce new guidance on how education technology companies can use children’s data, as audits found many providers could not prove their approach was lawful or authorised by schools schoolsweek.co.uk/ed-tech-comp...
Ed tech companies used pupil data without telling schoolsAudits found nearly three quarters of providers could not prove their additional use of data was fairschoolsweek.co.ukAndy Burnham’s government must have a teacher supply strategy and plans to resource schools to deliver his plan for 'technical pathways' from age 14, experts have warned https://schoolsweek.co.uk/can-schools-get-the-staff-for-burnhams-technical-pathways/
📍 Exclusive: Six councils have been selected by ministers to trial how best to use empty spaces in schools amid the falling rolls crisis Full story 🔽 schoolsweek.co.uk/revealed-the...
Revealed: The councils leading ministers' spare space pilotOne of the chosen town halls reveals 'ambition' to open up to 40 SEND hubs a year in empty classroomsschoolsweek.co.ukExclusive: Radical plans for ministers to scrape real-time data from schools to shape policy moves are in danger of being 'screwed up' by tight deadlines and security gaffes, experts have warned schoolsweek.co.uk/security-woe...
Security woes risk Labour's huge data push, ministers toldLittle-known 'data spine' project will see real-time information fed straight to governmentschoolsweek.co.ukBreaking: Mayors will be handed control of sixth form funding in a radical break from England’s Whitehall-run post-16 education system schoolsweek.co.uk/mayors-to-ta...
Mayors to take control of sixth form fundingSchool sixth forms and colleges in scope, with a timetable due at the autumn budgetschoolsweek.co.ukLabour’s flagship RISE school improvement drive has been criticised by some leaders for its 'rushed' deadlines and for overwhelming small primaries schoolsweek.co.uk/rise-leaders...
RISE: Leaders criticise 'low' funding and 'rushed' deadlinesBut second evaluation report finds the school improvement programme is 'well-placed' to deliver changeschoolsweek.co.uk'Schools cannot close the white working-class achievement gap alone. It will take a collective effort from government, education, employers and communities' schoolsweek.co.uk/a-young-pers...
Children's futures should not depend on where they grow upSchools cannot close the white working-class achievement gap on their own – it will take a combined effortschoolsweek.co.uk📉 A seven-figure cash pot used to help schools switch between academy trusts has shrunk to a 12-year low Full story 🔽 schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-trus...
Academy trust transfer grants slashed to 12-year lowFunds supporting schools to move academy chains cut by over 70% amid trust cash squeezeschoolsweek.co.ukThe proportion of newly qualified teachers going on to work in England’s state schools has fallen to a record low, new data suggests https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-reports-drop-in-newly-qualified-teachers-working-in-state-school-system/
A new 'similar schools' model to be used by Ofsted from September won’t consider a setting’s geographic location, leading to concerns it won’t adequately consider context https://schoolsweek.co.uk/similar-schools-concern-as-location-not-a-factor-in-new-ofsted-model/
The names and contact details of school leaders are among more than half a million records stolen by hackers in a cyber attack on the Department for Education schoolsweek.co.uk/hackers-stea...
Hackers steal headteachers' data in DfE cyber attackDfE doesn't say whether school leaders affected by the breach have been informedschoolsweek.co.ukA new 'similar schools' model to be used by Ofsted from September won’t consider a setting’s geographic location, leading to concerns it won’t adequately consider context https://schoolsweek.co.uk/similar-schools-concern-as-location-not-a-factor-in-new-ofsted-model/
'The way we prioritise looked-after and previously looked-after children today will determine whether future data finally tells a different story – one of belonging, aspiration and genuine opportunity' schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-and-...
Schools must know every looked-after child’s storyChildren in care come to school carrying layers of vulnerability and complexity that too often remain unseenschoolsweek.co.ukEducation secretary Lucy Powell has said she will “take forward” changes to the curriculum and exams, claiming current GCSEs are “a lot of pressure” for pupils schoolsweek.co.uk/gcses-cause-...
GCSEs cause 'a lot of pressure' says new education secretaryLucy Powell will 'take forward some changes to the curriculum and assessment system'schoolsweek.co.uk