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Majority of teachers considered leaving over Ofsted

25 June 2024

National Education Union poll finds nearly three quarters of teachers have considered leaving the profession because of the negative impact of Ofsted on workload and their mental health. In a…

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Pupil characteristic statistics updated

13 June 2024

National Statistics have released the latest data on school and pupil numbers and their characteristics. It combines information from the school census, school level annual school census, general hospital school…

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School music development plan template

20 May 2024

The DfE has created a template to support schools to publish a summary of their music development plan on their website. All schools should have a music development plan, as…

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Geographical model making competition

14 May 2024

The Geographical Association is running a new competition for pupils to get involved and explore their creativity and geographical knowledge by creating a 3D model. The theme is 'My Local…

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Why bother with retrieval?

13 May 2024

The Education Endowment Foundation recently released a fascinating blog which explores the connection between cognitive science principles and retrieval practice. Below is an extract from the blog: You are sitting…

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Revisiting teacher professionalism

8 May 2024

The Chartered College of Teaching has produced a report on teacher professionalism, 'Revisiting the notion of teacher professionalism - A working paper'. This report aims to redefine what the Chartered…

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Pupil premium funding topping up budgets

23 April 2024

The Sutton Trust's 'School Funding and Pupil Premium Report 2024' reveals a worsening picture of school funding with growing staff cuts along with reductions in spending for a range of…

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Alternative Provision is in need of reform, review finds

16 February 2024

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Ofsted have recently published a thematic review looking at how education, health and care partners work together to commission and oversee alternative provision (AP). Ofsted and…

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Education committee’s report on Ofsted inspections

1 February 2024

A review of Ofsted’s single-word judgements is among a series of recommendations that the Education Committee has issued to the inspectorate and the Government in a new report. The report…

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Education for children with health needs who cannot attend school

8 January 2024

The DfE has updated ‘Ensuring a good education for children who cannot attend school because of health needs’ to reflect changes to related policies, including behaviour in schools, and school…

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Consultation for schools: Gender questioning children

7 January 2024

The DfE released a consultation on 19th December on the draft guidance they have produced for schools and colleges about gender questioning children. The consultation is seeking views on the…

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Understanding primary and secondary sources in history

6 December 2023

Since 2019, there has been a significant change in history teaching, emphasising the crucial role of sources in acquiring knowledge. It's important for teachers to distinguish between sources and evidence.…

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