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17 September 2024
Teaching can be a stressful job. Research by the Health and Safety Executive reports that education professionals have the third highest rates of work-related stress, depression or anxiety of any industry in…
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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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