Headteachers' leaders have called for schools who have volunteered to be the first to be inspected by Ofsted to be allowed to withdraw over concerns about changes in the way the watchdog will use data in new inspections. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

How do you persuade single academy trusts with some of the best attainment scores in England to join a MAT, if they’re managing ok financially? And do MATs even want them? @jabedahmed.bsky.social speaks to heads and trust leaders to find out.

Excl: Diversity and anti-racism should be embedded into teacher training, according to an open letter from ITT providers. There should be an "explicit focus” on addressing inequalities within ITT programmes, including in trainees’ reflective tasks. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The number of single-academy trusts has been dropping for years, but some of those that remain are top performers. So how will the government persuade them to merge with MATs, asks @jabedahmed.bsky.social

The new GCSE in AI could quickly become out of date, the chief of England’s largest exam board has warned. Exclusive by @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Teacher training providers are to call on the government to embed diversity and antiracism into ITT. Exclusive for @tesmagazine.bsky.social by @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The government will struggle to solve the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities support or close the disadvantage-related attainment gap under its current spending plans, a new policy analysis warns www.tes.com/magazine/new...

In Scotland, @eisunion.bsky.social is recommending that teachers accept a two-year pay offer – leading to an initial 4.25% rise, followed by 3.25% in 2026-27

Primary and secondary teachers have been encouraged to apply to the Teacher Reference Group as part of the department’s commitment to “engage teachers in national education policy”. For @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Which of the curriculum and assessment review proposals has the DfE rejected or will not implement as prescribed? There are only a few areas of disagreement - @cerysturner.bsky.social has the lowdown below www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Ofsted has revealed what it has learned from more than 100 pilot inspections using its new report card system – @johngroberts.bsky.social breaks down the key insights ⬇️

The curriculum review ‘treats teachers as the experts they are, acknowledges what’s working before rushing to dismantle it, and grounds every recommendation in evidence’, writes MAT chief @moremorrow.bsky.social

The much anticipated curriculum and assessment review is out. The EBacc is to be scrapped, and it calls for a new year 8 English test and an entitlement to triple science for all. Great piece rounding it all up here by @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

🚨The govt will scrap the EBacc, cut GCSE exam time by up to three hours & make sure every school meets "enrichment benchmarks". Here are all the key proposals from the curriculum and assessment review, plus which reforms the government has accepted so far:

📡 MAT Tracker: Dominic Norrish has been appointed CEO of Unity Schools Partnership following Tim Coulson’s departure to become director general of the DfE’s regions group

A legal claim against Ofsted's new inspection framework has been thrown out by the courts today. @naht.org.uk say they will consult members about industrial action & are considering appealing the verdict. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The NAHT has lost a bid to bring a High Court legal challenge against Ofsted over the watchdog’s plan for new inspections. Story to follow.

The government has recommended a 6.5 per cent pay increase for teachers split across three years. NEU leader Daniel Kebede says this will do "continue to do nothing to address the continued crisis in retention". @tesmagazine.bsky.social story by @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

DfE is urged to probe use of persistent disruptive behaviour as a reason for exclusions amid concerns from AP leaders about how schools are using different thresholds to remove students. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

All schools that are not set to be rebuilt should be free from collapse-prone RAAC concrete by the end of this parliament, says @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

Two years on from the onset of the RAAC crisis, the Commons Education Committee is holding an evidence session on its impact on the school estate.

The DfE has missed a key teacher pay review deadline, prompting concerns from unions that the process has been ‘undermined’

England’s education system disincentivises schools from focusing on the pupils most in need of help, says a report from former DfE boss Jonathan Slater

@neunion.bsky.social and @ascl-uk.bsky.social say they will formally support the @naht.org.uk legal challenge against Ofsted’s new inspections

“There is no support for heads to have zero tolerance.” My full interview with shadow education secretary Laura Trott below 👇

“There’s a massive equity issue in terms of enrichment and access, and it’s profound," says @lizrobinson.bsky.social

Laura Trott: Heads have to ‘fight’ for exclusions The shadow education secretary talks to @charlottesantry.bsky.social about backing heads on behaviour, "reckless" RISE, and much more. "There is no support for heads to have zero tolerance" www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Around eight in 10 teachers say they have had to rethink how they set assignments because of artificial intelligence (AI), a new survey has found. Exclusive by @ktorm-social1.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Secondary teacher vacancies are at their lowest in five years and have fallen below those seen at the peak of the pandemic, exclusive analysis reveals. Exclusive by @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The NEU teaching union and the Association of School and College Leaders will provide formal support to the NAHT school leaders’ union’s legal action against Ofsted. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

A group of MAT leaders is calling for all students to experience at least 80 hours of high-quality enrichment per year

The proportion of pupils who are severely absent has increased, despite an improvement in overall school attendance, the latest DfE figures show

A handy summary via @tesmagazine.bsky.social of what we say about improving inclusion in today's @ippr.org report: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

An inclusion taskforce's report on SEND reform calls for a new layer of statutory support to be created for pupils in mainstream schools and for existing EHCPs to be retained until a better support system is in place. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Bridget Phillipson reveals White Paper setting out SEND reforms will not be published until 2026 and sets out broad principles which will underpin the reforms. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Read the full story on the White Paper delay here ⬇️

If heads pitch this too high, it could count against them. Too low, and it could become "self-fulfilling", warns @pepediiasio.bsky.social More in @cerysturner.bsky.social exclusive below:

Skills white paper - more details, inc: 🔴Students with grade 2 in Eng/maths to sit new qualifications in Year 12 before taking resits the next year 🔴'Duty' on schools to support students post-16 🔴Enrichment framework working group looking at how to 'support schools' to develop offer

Boris Johnson considered sacking Sir Gavin Williamson as education secretary over the 2020 exam results fiasco, the Covid inquiry hears

Exclusive: Ofsted's demand that schools provide graded self-evaluations will add to the stress staff face around inspection, heads' leaders warn

Much of the £1bn spent every year on CPD is ineffective, warns new report from @teacherdevtrust.bsky.social - with 4/10 teachers saying it does not improve their teaching www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Boris Johnson tells the Covid inquiry that school closures can help get the R rate below one at critical moments and that the govt "had no choice".

School leaders at the @schoolsnortheast.bsky.social summit have been told that there will be no more end of day surprises about what inspectors have found in its new inspection regime which starts next month. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

There are pros and cons to this plan (and I’ve heard quite a few concerns about AI tutors lately) but it’s quite obviously not going to work in schools with rubbish wifi or a shortage of devices - ie a lot of primaries. SCOOP by @cerysturner.bsky.social 👇

The Department for Education was given different messages by Boris Johnson and the Treasury about the viability of Sir Kevan Collins' Covid education recovery plan, its top official told a national inquiry today. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Today’s essential read - @beckyfrancis.bsky.social reflects on the curriculum and assessment review ⤵️ www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

The majority of children in poverty in England aren’t entitled to free school meals, according to an @edupolicyinst.bsky.social report that warns FSM eligibility is no longer a reliable measure of pupil deprivation

Exclusive: More than half of multi-academy trusts are forecasting an in-year deficit this academic year, according to an analysis of trust finances. @tesmagazine.bsky.social story by @jabedahmed.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

ICYMI: This week @tesmagazine.bsky.social held a webinar gauging leaders' views on the report card inspections set to start in schools next month. Read and watch the debate here www.tes.com/magazine/new... and here www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_81...

Exclusive: The chair of the curriculum review Becky Francis says "there are important areas badly in need of improvement, and there is a need for a timely refresh across the piece to ensure that the curriculum is cutting-edge" ahead of the report being published. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...