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16 September 2024
Supporting young children’s developing thinking skills will open up lifelong learning opportunities. Very young children often ask brainteasers. All of us will have our own memories of similar delightful and…
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Schools Minister, Catherine McKinnell, is calling on schools to enhance physical education (PE) and school sport opportunities for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), in the spirit of…
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Headline facts and figures - 2023/24 These statistics cover the attainment of year 6 pupils who took assessments in summer 2024. These pupils experienced disruption to their learning during the…
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Ofsted is hosting two webinars this month to help the sector understand the changes made to the inspection process. School inspection update: autumn 2024 In this webinar Ofsted will provide…
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The government has announced the impending closure of the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) in March 2025. The functions fulfilled by the ESFA will be brought into the Department…
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The attainment gap between disadvantaged primary school pupils and their better-off peers has narrowed again this year – but it is still above pre-pandemic levels. The Department for Education’s provisional key…
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The technical guidance on primary school accountability measures has been updated. It now includes the explanation as to why it is not possible to calculate KS1-KS2 progress measures for academic…
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The number of pupils being registered for FSM is instrumental in channelling resources, entitlements, and funding, both at the pupil and school-level, not all children meeting the criteria for FSM…
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Ofsted have announced several significant changes which includes their decision to scrap single headline judgements. They followed this by publishing their response to the Big Listen. The independent learning review…
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The DfE announced that from September, schools will no longer be required to use the Performance Related Pay (PRP) system, which can lead to schools and teachers going through an…
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A new school year is upon us and staff wellbeing is high on the agenda. But, as headteachers, we cannot look after our staff if we don’t look after ourselves.…
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Nursery World and Headteacher Update are partnering for a free webinar, sponsored by Community Playthings, taking an in-depth look at Labour's plans for school based nurseries. The webinar takes place online on Wednesday 25 September…
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