The delay to Labour's breakfast clubs is the right call: We can't afford another Whitehall shambles and too many building blocks are not in place which ...
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The delay to Labour's breakfast clubs is the right call
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DfE eases T-level work placement rules to boost take-up: Government rules for T-level industry placements have been further relaxed in a bid to boost the number ...
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DfE eases T-level work placement rules to boost take-up
What’s in a name? Rodillian rebrands as Resilience: An academy trust that had fallen foul of academy rules under its former chief executive has become the latest ...
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What’s in a name? Rodillian rebrands as Resilience
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The impact of vocational education at KS4 and beyond
"The benefits of coaching in our school have been substantial. We’ve seen improvements in teaching practices, with teachers reporting increased confidence ... Show more

How tailored coaching training can transform whole-school cultures
“It has never been more important for schools to educate pupils about food, nutrition, and cooking. Food education teaches young people about the importance of ... Show more

Food for Thought: How schools can encourage the next generation to make better food choices
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How schools can plan for estates despite the autumn budget: The promised additional funding for school estates won’t get near fixing long-term neglect ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/how-to-plan-for-estates-in-spite-of-budget-disappointment/
How schools can plan for estates despite the autumn budget
How well are we equipping TAs for the rising number of pupils with SEND in mainstream classrooms, especially those with more complex needs? Access to ... Show more

Equipping TAs for the Rise in SEND: How Schools Can Benefit from the Specialist Teaching Assistant (STA) Apprenticeship
Solutions: How peer-to-peer coaching boosts engagement: Connecting students with each other for academic and personal mentoring has helped us transform attitudes ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/how-to-raise-attendance-and-engagement-through-coaching/
Solutions: How peer-to-peer coaching boosts engagement
Revealed: The 2024 Pearson Teaching Awards winners: Sixteen winners from across UK early years, schools and colleges recognised for education excellence in 2024 ...
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Revealed: The 2024 Pearson Teaching Awards winners
Ditch performance-related pay, unions tell schools: Unions have urged schools still using performance-related pay (PRP) to ditch the “shoddy practice” ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/unions-urge-schools-still-using-performance-related-pay-to-ditch-it/
Ditch performance-related pay, unions tell schools
Concerns over upcoming academy trust merger decision: A academy trust's merger plans are due to be decided next month – by a board its chair sits on and ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-trust-merger-decision-due-despite-ceo-already-running-the-other-chain/
Concerns over upcoming academy trust merger decision
The Conversation – with Sarah Gallagher: Training teachers for primary PE, designing classroom tasks efficiently, and parental experiences of the broken SEND ...
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The Conversation – with Sarah Gallagher
Why Labour should take scorecards away from Ofsted: A trusted profession can deliver its own balanced scorecard for accountability better than an inspectorate ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/balancing-accountabilities-whose-scorecard-is-it-anyway/
Why Labour should take scorecards away from Ofsted
Labour must prioritise FSM reform to deliver social mobility: A bill going through parliament could bring about desperately needed and perfectly achievable ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/fsm-reform-is-critical-to-reviving-social-mobility/
Labour must prioritise FSM reform to deliver social mobility
Pay satisfaction up, but behaviour risks teachers quitting: Job and pay satisfaction among teachers and leaders has increased, with average working hours down ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/pay-and-job-satisfaction-rises-but-behaviour-risks-driving-teachers-out/
Pay satisfaction up, but behaviour risks teachers quitting
More ‘outstanding’ schools keep their top grade, but why?: Leaders of ‘outstanding’ schools downgraded immediately after the Ofsted exemption was axed in 2020 ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/more-outstanding-schools-keep-top-ofsted-grade-but-why/
More ‘outstanding’ schools keep their top grade, but why?
Ofsted chair Dame Christine Ryan to step down: Dame Christine Ryan, the chair of the Ofsted board, has announced she will step down next year ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-chair-dame-christine-ryan-to-step-down/
Ofsted chair Dame Christine Ryan to step down
What’s behind the rise in suspensions, and how to solve it: Record school suspensions and exclusions show the system is 'teetering on the brink of ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/whats-behind-a-record-rise-in-suspensions-and-how-de-we-solve-it/
What’s behind the rise in suspensions, and how to solve it
Special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans: Special schools have threatened England’s largest council with legal action unless a proposed new ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/kent-special-schools-threaten-to-sue-council-over-inclusion-plans/
Special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans
Academy investigation publication pledge ditched: The government stands accused of reneging on promises of academy transparency after quietly ditching its pledge ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-quietly-ditches-pledge-to-publish-academy-scandal-investigations/
Academy investigation publication pledge ditched
Use SEND cash to boost mainstream inclusion, councils told: Local authorities should use their extra SEND cash to boost inclusion in mainstream schools ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/use-send-cash-to-boost-mainstream-inclusion-councils-told/
Use SEND cash to boost mainstream inclusion, councils told
Third of schools snap up free portrait of King (costing £1m): New figures reveal take-up of controversial scheme to offer King Charles portrait to all public ...
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Third of schools snap up free portrait of King (costing £1m)
Quick Glance: One-Third of Schools Order Free King’s Portrait
  • One-third of England's schools requested a free portrait of King Charles III, costing taxpayers over £1 million.

  • Statistics show that 8,067 out of 23,739 eligible schools, or 34 percent, accepted the government's offer.

  • The average cost per portrait, including delivery, was £131.81, totaling £2.7 million across all public institutions.

  • Criticism arose in the education sector due to budget cuts in other areas, while the government promoted the portrait as a way to enhance civic pride.
Schools' rising costs likely to outstrip budget cash boost: Schools’ rising costs will likely outstrip extra funding allocated at the budget ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-costs-likely-to-outstrip-budget-funding-boost/
Schools' rising costs likely to outstrip budget cash boost
The Knowledge: How schools can support the 'youth guarantee': The government has just made a very strong case for investing in much-improved careers ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/what-can-schools-do-to-deliver-labours-youth-guarantee/
The Knowledge: How schools can support the 'youth guarantee'
Labour's breakfast clubs must learn from the NTP's failure: A new report sheds light on where the national tutoring programme went wrong and offers ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/breakfast-club-policy-must-learn-the-hard-lessons-of-the-ntp/
Labour's breakfast clubs must learn from the NTP's failure
Disadvantage gap widens among reception pupils: The disadvantage gap is now widening even at the very start of school, the latest early years foundation stage ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/eyfs-results-disadvantage-gap-widens-among-reception-pupils/
Disadvantage gap widens among reception pupils
Niamh Sweeney resigns as NEU deputy general secretary: Niamh Sweeney, the first elected deputy general secretary of the National Education Union ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/national-education-union-deputy-general-secretary-niamh-sweeney-resigns/
Niamh Sweeney resigns as NEU deputy general secretary
The Knowledge: Early years food poverty and how to address it: A new report by EPI reveals inequalities that start long before school and affect educational ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/early-years-nutrition-is-vital-in-addressing-educational-inequalities/
The Knowledge: Early years food poverty and how to address it
A national workforce strategy will work best with local data: Regional heat-maps would allow school leaders and policy makers to better respond to local ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/labour-must-support-leaders-to-improve-retention/
A national workforce strategy will work best with local data
Breakfast clubs 'early adopters': What schools need to know: Schools are being urged to come forward to become 'early adopters' of the ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/breakfast-clubs-early-adopters-what-schools-need-to-know/
Breakfast clubs 'early adopters': What schools need to know
New teacher training providers could be accredited in future: New teacher training providers may get 'future opportunities' to gain accreditation and ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-new-teacher-training-providers-could-get-future-accreditation-opportunities/
New teacher training providers could be accredited in future
Ofsted bids goodbye to 'state of the nation' schools measure: Following an end to headline Ofsted grades, the watchdog is also retiring a key metric ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-bids-goodbye-to-state-of-the-nation-schools-measure/
Ofsted bids goodbye to 'state of the nation' schools measure
Teacher training inspections 'postponed until January 2026': Ofsted inspections initial teacher training providers are set to be paused for this ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-training-inspections-wont-return-until-january-2026/
Teacher training inspections 'postponed until January 2026'
With food insecurity and childhood obesity on the rise, how can schools empower pupils with information about food? Chartwells has launched a free digital ... Show more

Food for Thought: How schools can encourage the next generation to make better food choices
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EPI: ’Isolated' schools miss out on effective heads: Schools in the north west are the most likely to be “isolated” and shut out from attracting the best ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/revealed-the-isolated-schools-missing-out-on-effective-heads/
EPI: ’Isolated' schools miss out on effective heads
You can't trump political engagement for raising aspirations: A trip to Washington, D.C. to engage in the election changed our group's aspirations and ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/nothing-trumps-political-engagement-for-personal-development/
You can't trump political engagement for raising aspirations
Twinkl - from little star to master of the edtech universe: Taking Twinkl from a Sheffield bedroom to a £500m edtech empire
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Twinkl - from little star to master of the edtech universe
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Catch Up has now added spring term training dates for Catch Up Literacy and Catch Up Numeracy to their website. Their training and resource package now ... Show more

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Catch Up® Early Years research project has a positive impact on younger learners in Literacy and Numeracy.
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How can tailored coaching training transform whole-school cultures? Sophie Enstone, Assistant Principal, Goffs Academy, shares her perspective on her ... Show more

How tailored coaching training can transform whole-school cultures
The new Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant (STA) apprenticeship offers an affordable way to help TAs develop their specialist skills - particularly in SEND ... Show more

Equipping TAs for the Rise in SEND: How Schools Can Benefit from the Specialist Teaching Assistant (STA) Apprenticeship
Solutions: How more autonomy could improve SEND today: All the political pontificating is needlessly holding back improvement. Here’s what we could be doing now ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/six-ways-to-heal-the-send-system-from-within-now/
Solutions: How more autonomy could improve SEND today
How to develop a trust-wide equality and diversity charter: This student-led document now sets out everyone’s responsibilities to ensure all our schools support ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/the-five-ws-of-developing-your-equality-and-diversity-charter/
How to develop a trust-wide equality and diversity charter
The Knowledge. Reading the 'behaviour barometre': The School Surveys ‘Behaviour Barometer’ report, powered by Teacher Tapp, has a few surprises in ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/whats-the-latest-on-behaviour-in-schools/
The Knowledge. Reading the 'behaviour barometre'
Why it could be risky to treat oracy as a 'fourth R': The idea of oracy as a ‘fourth R’ is superficially appealing, but in the end speaking can’t be ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/more-oracy-must-not-come-at-the-expense-of-wider-literacy/
Why it could be risky to treat oracy as a 'fourth R'
Extending demands for council consent to home schooling ‘could create abuser’s charter’
schoolsweek.co.uk/home-schooling-proposals-spark-abusers-charter-warning/
Extending demands for council consent to home schooling ‘could create ...
Regional chief: 'Big trusts wanted to ignore small schools': The bosses of big trusts told academy commissioners that they would only take large ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/bigger-trusts-wanted-to-ignore-small-schools-says-regional-chief/
Regional chief: 'Big trusts wanted to ignore small schools'
The Conversation - with Frances Akinde: A new anti-racism campaign, a SEND crisis short on solutions, the challenge of change, and the Francis review's ...
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The Conversation - with Frances Akinde
Five ways the Francis review can make KS2 a masterpiece: Real-world implementation of the Francis review’s recommendations will matter a lot more than whether or ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/key-stage-2-five-priorities-for-constructing-a-masterpiece/
Five ways the Francis review can make KS2 a masterpiece
Trusts paid out £3m in rule-breaching related-party deals: Deals for agency staff, pricey building projects and payments to employees’ firms are among dozens of ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/trusts-paid-out-3m-in-rule-breaching-related-party-deals/
Trusts paid out £3m in rule-breaching related-party deals
Calls for Labour to publish schools ‘vision’ in white paper: Labour needs to set out its wider vision for schools in a white paper, say leaders ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/calls-for-labour-to-publish-schools-vision-in-white-paper/
Calls for Labour to publish schools ‘vision’ in white paper
Ofsted Numberwang: Backlash over leaked report card plans: Proposals for new Ofsted report cards will be too confusing for parents and could spawn a 'whole ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-numberwang-backlash-over-leaked-report-card-plans/
Ofsted Numberwang: Backlash over leaked report card plans
How the Teaching Commission will tackle the workforce crisis: Labour’s hope for national renewal relies in large part on fixing the recruitment and retention ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/why-were-launching-a-new-teaching-commission/
How the Teaching Commission will tackle the workforce crisis
'Jobs for the boys' fear as ministers pick improvement teams: The first group of leaders appointed to new school improvement squads will be picked by ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/jobs-for-the-boys-fears-as-ministers-pick-school-improvement-advisers/
'Jobs for the boys' fear as ministers pick improvement teams
New Teaching Commission launched to solve staffing crisis: A former union leader will chair a new commission on teaching to draw up suggestions for the ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/new-teaching-commission-launched-to-solve-staffing-crisis/
New Teaching Commission launched to solve staffing crisis
What to make of the rise of the wellbeing sick day: The number of teachers taking time off because of poor wellbeing has doubled over the past three years ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/rise-of-the-wellbeing-sick-day-sign-of-a-growing-problem-or-healthier-approach/
What to make of the rise of the wellbeing sick day
DfE finally considers pupil impact of SEND savings scheme: The government has finally commissioned research into how its SEND cost-cutting programme impacts ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/send-dfe-finally-considers-pupil-impact-of-safety-valve-scheme/
DfE finally considers pupil impact of SEND savings scheme
Pupils saw behaviour worsen on hubs programme: Children in schools supported through a £10 million scheme to whip behaviour into shape witnessed the conduct of ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupils-say-behaviour-worsened-on-hubs-programme-dfe-study-finds/
Pupils saw behaviour worsen on hubs programme
Suspensions up 40% as exclusions rise by a quarter: Suspensions of pupils from school soared by 40 per cent last autumn, with permanent exclusions also up 25 per ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/suspensions-up-40-as-exclusions-rise-by-a-quarter/
Suspensions up 40% as exclusions rise by a quarter
SEND delays 'making children vulnerable' to violence: Delays in assessing SEND needs and issuing education, health and care plans “is making children ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/send-delays-making-children-vulnerable-to-violence-report/
SEND delays 'making children vulnerable' to violence
Ofsted promises ‘sensible middle ground’ on report cards: Ofsted's national director also signals move back to 'looking more at statutory ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-boss-promises-report-cards-will-be-sensible-middle-ground/
Ofsted promises ‘sensible middle ground’ on report cards
Why fewer teachers are coming along for the ride: This year's teacher wellbeing index shows ongoing negative trends made worse by feelings of professional ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/government-must-reconnect-teachers-with-their-sense-of-purpose/
Why fewer teachers are coming along for the ride
Leader stress 'chronic and acute' as pupil behaviour worsens: School staff have reported an increase in disruptive behaviour and abuse from pupils and ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/leader-stress-chronic-and-acute-as-pupil-behaviour-worsens/
Leader stress 'chronic and acute' as pupil behaviour worsens
Schools need more relief than this sticking plaster budget: While it will have provided some welcome relief, unanswered questions and unknown consequences mean ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/this-autumn-budget-was-a-sticking-plaster-not-a-silver-bullet/
Schools need more relief than this sticking plaster budget
Let's flip the record on education policy's hokey cokey: Without a long-term sense of direction and clear responsibilities, all of our other problems ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/phillipson-must-put-an-end-to-the-policy-hokey-cokey/
Let's flip the record on education policy's hokey cokey
SEND: 7 things we learned from DfE officials at PAC: The last government's plan to improve SEND 'didn't go far enough', a official said ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-officials-grilled-on-send-7-key-findings/
SEND: 7 things we learned from DfE officials at PAC
The stale exclusions debate must give way to real solutions: A new report shows the toxic exclusions debate has far less traction than finding solutions for ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/lets-get-beyond-the-toxic-exclusions-debate/
The stale exclusions debate must give way to real solutions
Why flexible working for teachers can b best of all worlds: In the face of recruitment challenges and a national exodus of teachers, a school in Suffolk is ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/why-flexible-working-for-teachers-can-bring-the-best-of-all-worlds/
Why flexible working for teachers can b best of all worlds
Clampdown on home educating children with protection plans: Parents of pupils subject to child protection enquiries or plans will need permission from their ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/parents-will-need-council-permission-to-home-educate-children-with-protection-enquiries-or-plans/
Clampdown on home educating children with protection plans
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Are we asking the world of our TAs without giving them enough training? The new Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant apprenticeship offers an affordable way ... Show more

Equipping TAs for the Rise in SEND: How Schools Can Benefit from the Specialist Teaching Assistant (STA) Apprenticeship
Catch Up has now trained foster and kinship carers to support the reading progress of the children in their care outside of school ... Show more

Catch Up® Early Years research project has a positive impact on younger learners in Literacy and Numeracy.
“What excites me about coaching is that it’s not about “fixing” someone’s teaching but enabling them to unlock their potential,” Sophie Enstone ... Show more

How tailored coaching training can transform whole-school cultures
Solutions: Setting up a new specialist resource provision: Six SEND leaders with experience of opening specialist resource provisions share their top tips for ...
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Solutions: Setting up a new specialist resource provision
Labour must make room for small trusts to deliver its vision: The new government appears to want to discourage small, new MATs like ours, but we must all be ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/do-small-trusts-belong-in-the-new-governments-vision/
Labour must make room for small trusts to deliver its vision