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Headteachers’ union to explore options for legal action over Ofsted plans

The ASCL said members are ‘gravely concerned about the stress and pressure likely to be generated by the new inspection system’.

Evening Standard

Stark warning issued as burden placed on teachers has ‘never been higher’

The Government should set out a long-term plan for education like the one it has for the NHS, the ASCL said

The Independent UK

Burden placed on teachers has ‘never been higher’, union warns

The Association of School and College Leaders has called for a rethink of the expectations on schools and colleges.

Evening Standard

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Phillipson says ‘we all must do more’ to improve school attendance and behaviour

The Department for Education is rolling out new hubs to support schools.

Evening Standard

Headteachers in England threaten to quit as Ofsted inspectors over proposed overhaul

Unions urge government to delay and revise changes to way schools are graded or headteachers will stop assisting inspectors

The Guardian - UK

School leaders’ unions consider encouraging members to quit as Ofsted inspectors

The Association of School and College Leaders and the National Association of Head Teachers may take the ‘unprecedented step’ over inspection reforms.

Evening Standard

There are fewer children in England’s primary schools. That’s no reason to strip funding from them

Across the country, there’s a demographic shift. This is a chance to reinvest in our threadbare education system, says Lola Okolosie, an English teacher and writer

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Two in three parents support Ofsted’s proposed report cards for schools – poll

The Association of School and College Leaders has called for the implementation of any new inspection reforms to be delayed until September 2026.

The Independent UK

Unauthorised school absence widening ‘disadvantage gap’ in England

Thinktank says unauthorised absence is ‘a leading cause’ of performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and peers

The Guardian - UK

Families see school as ‘optional’ and fines are not reversing post-Covid trend

Pepe Di’Iasio, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, will say fines ‘often deepen tensions’ with parents.

Evening Standard

Ofsted chief says proposed report cards were never about ‘less accountability’

Sir Martyn Oliver, chief inspector of Ofsted, said giving parents the information they need in a clear and accessible way was a ‘must-have’.

Evening Standard

Social media platforms must be ‘brought to heel’, says UK schools leader

Headteachers’ conference to be told that rise in bullying, abuse and malicious use of deepfakes is being reported

The Guardian - UK

Technology ‘being weaponised’ against schools and teachers – union leader

Manny Botwe, president of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), will call for an end to the ‘chaos’ caused by social media.

Evening Standard

Schools must not be turned into ‘fortresses’ to tackle knife crime, experts say

Knife crime involving teenagers is a ‘national crisis that needs a national response’, the former children’s commissioner for England has suggested.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to act over numbers failing English and maths GCSEs

Study finds serious impact on life chances and mental health of young people amid calls to reassess resits policy in England

The Guardian - UK

Gillian Keegan says she would have punched ‘rude’ Ofsted inspectors

Ofsted chief and Unison rebuke education secretary for her comment at headteachers’ union conference

The Guardian - UK

Unions ask education secretary and Ofsted chief to halt school inspections

NAHT and ASCL call on Gillian Keegan and Amanda Spielman to allow time to address concerns raised by coroner

The Independent UK

Majority of teachers believe Ofsted inspections are inaccurate – report

Nearly two in three teachers think the outcome of their most recent inspection did not accurately reflect their school, a survey suggests.

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Evening Standard

Gillian Keegan accused of ‘inflaming controversy’ over sex education teaching

Unions said Education Secretary had chosen to denigrate schools instead of standing up for them

The Independent UK

Unions accuse Keegan of ‘inflaming controversy’ over sex education teaching

The organisations said Education Secretary Gillian Keegan had chosen to denigrate schools instead of standing up for them.

The Independent UK

Private school to move further away from ‘outdated’ GCSEs, headteacher says

Pupils at Bedales School will only sit GCSEs in two subjects – English Language and maths – in the future.

The Independent UK

Gillian Keegan U-turns on ‘naming and shaming’ schools that miss Raac survey deadline

Education secretary called on schools to “get off their backsides” and return the surveys

The Independent UK

Schools that miss concrete survey deadline will not be ‘named and shamed’

The Department for Education is expected to publish the percentage of schools that have missed a Friday deadline to return a Raac survey.

The Independent UK

Call for ‘more humane’ GCSE system so students not stuck in cycle of retakes

The ASCL is calling for a new style of English and maths qualification ‘which can be taken by pupils at the point of readiness’.

The Independent UK

Students and parents to face disruption as teachers in England go on strike over pay

End-of-year activities and transition days are set to be disrupted amid the latest wave of walkouts by National Education Union members

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