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Pupils have ‘poor’ climate change understanding, says DfE study
The DfE survey found concepts such as net zero and the 1.5°C and 2°C climate change goals are “very poorly understood”. The ...
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What trust leaders say about recruitment and retention
Leaders urged policymakers to consider trusts’ role in addressing recruitment and retention and to invest in mechanisms that align with modern workforce needs, such as flexible working policies and ...
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Governance is key to improvement. Simples.
What could be transformative is the introduction of regional improvement (or RISE) teams. These signal a shift toward more ...
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Children’s wellbeing and schools bill: the 15 key policies
The proposed children’s wellbeing and schools bill would give ministers a new legal power to intervene where academy trusts ...
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Government will publish new academy compliance orders
The government has said it will publish new academy compliance orders which it plans to issue to trusts breaking rules around ...
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Schools bill: All 39 proposed policies (and when they’ll start)
The government’s new schools bill will dominate education policymaking for the next few years, before changes start to feed ...
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The Conversation – with Fiona Atherton
Wellbeing tips for December, an alternative to oppressive to-do lists, and the mental health implications of resilience ...
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Children’s wellbeing bill to enact sweeping academies reform
When first announced at the King’s Speech, the then “children’s wellbeing bill” was set to enact a range of reforms pledged ...
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Why tackling the recruitment challenge is both vital and urgent
Worth’s analysis also revealed the broader societal impacts of teacher attrition. When experienced teachers leave, the ...
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Ofsted to trial ‘new inspection approach’ in January
Trials for a “new approach” to inspections will start in the first week of next term, Ofsted has announced as it ploughs ...
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Teacher recruitment could be worse than it looks, DfE suggests
Abysmal teacher recruitment data may be under-stating the challenge, the government has suggested, given “underperformance” ...
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Councils kept waiting on key SEND deficit ‘override’ decision
The LGA has called for 'urgent' government reform of the SEND system after promised clarity for councils on the brink of ...