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Nearly nine in 10 heads support exploring strike options over Ofsted, union says

The NAHT school leaders’ union said it heard ‘loud and clear’ from members that the plans do not have the support of headteachers.

Evening Standard

Nando’s-style grading won’t keep pupils safe or boost good teaching, union says

Schools in England will be graded across a variety of different areas.

Evening Standard

Warning issued over ‘Nando’s-style grading’ as Ofsted unveils changes

Schools in England will be graded across a variety of different areas using a colour-coded five-point scale

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Why GCSE English and maths resits policy is ‘not fit for purpose’

The curriculum and assessment review is due to set out its recommendations for young people who do not secure a decent pass in the autumn.

The Independent UK

Government’s GCSE English and maths resits policy ‘not fit for purpose’

The curriculum and assessment review is due to set out its recommendations for young people who do not secure a decent pass in the autumn.

Evening Standard

Quarter of parents sacrifice food or heating to afford school uniform – poll

The Education Secretary has called on schools to reduce immediately the number of branded items of uniform they require ahead of a change in the law.

Evening Standard

1 in 4 of parents sacrifice food or heating to afford children’s school uniform

Almost half of parents are worried about the cost of buying uniform for the start of the school year

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Schools told to judge when it’s appropriate to teach sex education

Teachers can decide to discuss the sharing of naked images or online sexual content if it is affecting their pupils

The Independent UK

Schools told to make sex education ‘stage appropriate’ as age limit plans axed

Primary school teachers can decide to discuss the sharing of naked images or online sexual content if it is affecting their pupils, guidance says.

Evening Standard

Government told to fully fund teacher pay rise to prevent school provision cuts

Four education unions have made a ‘united’ call to ministers to provide additional investment to schools for increased staff salaries.

Evening Standard

Teaching union welcomes ‘long-overdue’ Ofsted move to tailor inspections

Ofsted said the changes, which will be introduced in November, would deliver improved consistency and ‘more insightful, context-aware inspections’.

Evening Standard

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

School leaders call for urgent ‘sensitive’ guidance after gender ruling

Headteachers are being put in a ‘difficult’ position as they try to understand what the Supreme Court ruling means for pupils, the NAHT union said.

Evening Standard

Ofsted’s proposed report cards should be opposed – school leaders’ union

The NAHT has launched legal action against the watchdog over the potential impact of their proposals on the mental health of leaders.

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Evening Standard

Academy heads should be able to seek return to local authority control – union

The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill does not include a route to allow academies to return to local authority oversight.

The Guardian - UK

Headteachers’ union takes legal action against Ofsted over inspection changes

NAHT says changes are likely to harm school leaders’ mental health and it was not consulted adequately over the new grading system

Evening Standard

School leaders’ union launches legal action against Ofsted over report card plan

Headteachers fear the watchdog’s inspection proposals will increase high-stakes accountability and pressure on school staff.

Evening Standard

Many schools are dealing with consequences of toxic masculinity each day – union

Paul Whiteman, the NAHT school leaders’ union chief, has called for collaboration to stop a generation of boys ‘disappearing into a vortex of hatred’.

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Headteachers in England, Wales and NI say Send provision crisis is worsening

Nine out of 10 school leaders tell survey they are finding it harder to meet special needs of pupils than a year ago

Evening Standard

Most schools have Send pupils in mainstream classes amid capacity issues – poll

Many parents are ‘frustrated’ that schools cannot fully meet the needs of the Send pupils in their care, the chief of a school leaders’ union said.

The Independent UK

Headteachers across the UK are facing mental health crisis, new poll reveals

The majority of school leaders said their mental health has been negatively affected in the last year

The Independent UK

Majority of school leaders say job has negatively affected mental health – poll

The findings have been published ahead of the NAHT school leaders’ union conference in Harrogate this weekend.

Evening Standard

Increasing gender pay gap for head teachers – report

A union says the gap is ‘especially outrageous’ in a profession with a majority of women workers.

The Independent UK

More than a thousand complaints made following Ofsted school visits

The number of complaints to the education watchdog following school inspections has risen by 60% over three years, figures suggest.

The Independent UK

More than four in five school leaders abused by parents in past year – survey

Parents have been banned from schools and reported to the police as a result of rising abusive behaviour towards senior leaders, a union has said.

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