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Excl: The leader of the country’s largest MAT has called plans to create a
data spine the “most concerning thing to come from government on education” in his memory.
@JonColes01 warns that the major infrastructure project could lead to “legal challenges” if it goes ahead.
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I spoke to Anna Maxwell Martin and the creators of a new film about unauthorised absence fines
‘We were facing the idea of court and exclusion and off-rolling, and it was devastating for our family’: actor Anna Maxwell Martin explains how personal experience shaped her role in Unauthorised Absence, a film part of a campaign to end parent fines
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My dispatch from the RSC's First Encounters programme, which has taken Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to schools across the country over the past month tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…
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Excl: Schools are “drowning” in subject access complaints, driven by AI, fractured parent relationships & unclear guidance.
✍️One trust tells me they’ve seen a 2000% increase in requests post Covid & has spent £100k on answering requests in just a year.
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Schools are being overwhelmed by SARs - costing substantial sums of cash and taking time away from teaching.
@cerysturner7 has the details in this week's MAT Tracker newsletter - sign up (and read) for free here: tes-magazine-mat-tracker.bee…
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Amid concerns over KCSIE’s length and the sheer volume of guidance to adopt and comply with, changes made to safeguarding policies as late as September has led to patience ‘wearing thin’ in schools. @tes
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Big change at the top of the DfE
Exclusive from @cerysturner7
Susan Acland-Hood is set to leave her role as permanent secretary to the Department for Education, Tes can reveal
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Scoop: The DfE’s permanent secretary is leaving her role.
Susan Acland-Hood joined the dept in 2020 after working at the Treasury & Home Office.
She will now be leaving the dept after six years at the helm.
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Really nuanced, evidence-informed view on screens in schools - his message? Don't panic.
The backlash against the rise of screens in schools is growing, but is edtech really harming our pupils? Helen Amass asks Peter Etchells, a member of the government’s expert screen time advisory group
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One of the most common queries we get at the moment is 'what is happening with the Send reforms?'.
@jasminenorden has the answer below...
We’ve had a change in government since the big SEND reforms were announced in February – so will they go ahead as planned? @jasminenorden looks at what we know so far
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Excl: Offering free breakfast in schools may be linked to worsening child obesity, researchers say. @Uni_of_Essex' Institute for Social and Economic Research warns breakfast clubs rollout should not encourage 'unnecessary' eating. @tes
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Don't miss the Moses question...
The rising problem of ‘hasty reading’ and what teachers can do about it - via @tes
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Tes investigation reveals just 5 per cent of schools are graded by Ofsted as having both strengths and weaknesses, despite the watchdog’s initial claim that report cards would provide more granular insight
Exclusive: A Tes investigation into the grades awarded in Ofsted inspections suggests the watchdog is failing to live up to its promise to provide a breadth of judgement in individual schools
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Excl: Draft proposals for national curriculum and GCSE subjects delayed. DfE had previously committed to September consultation on draft progs of study and subject content - now ‘later in the year’. @tes
Story w @cerysturner7
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📅Excl: Public consultation on the national curriculum has been delayed until the end of the year.
The DfE committed to publishing draft subject plans this September - but we can now reveal that proposals have been pushed back by several months.
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NEW: A third education union has declared no confidence in Ofsted's leadership, calling attempts at reform "dishonest and deficient".
@NAHTnews has agreed to explore "all actions necessary" to challenge the inspection framework & its impact on leaders.
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🚨 Ofsted klaxon
Repeats comments around 'wanting change' and more emphasis on 'context' - stops short of any new or harder commentary before saying she will not 'duck' the harder problems...
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Me for @tes looking at the rise of gentle parenting, and what it actually has meant for schools
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“I’ve been teaching 25 years and low-level behaviour is so much worse than before - part of the problem is, if you address that behaviour, you get a reaction from the parent we never used to get”
Is gentle parenting to blame? @jasminenorden finds out.
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Is there a path to recovery for Ofsted? As the watchdog faces renewed calls for major reform, including from the education secretary, @JohnGRoberts examines what has gone wrong and the options now facing ministers and inspectors. @tes
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