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DfE: Curriculum and Assessment Review

26 September 2024

The DfE are seeking views from stakeholders to share their perspective on potential improvements to the curriculum and assessment system. Spanning from Key Stage 1 through to Key Stage 5,…

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Mental health and wellbeing calendar – Autumn 2024

5 September 2024

Anna Freud's Mentally Health Schools team has created a calendar of curriculum themes and occasions linked to mental health for the 2024 autumn term, with activity ideas and free resources…

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Family Numeracy Programme

17 July 2024

The Department for Education is inviting schools to take part in a trial starting in January 2025. The Family Numeracy trial will test the impact of delivering maths aligned to…

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Unfilled primary places soar as falling rolls crisis spreads

4 July 2024

The number of areas with more than one in five spare primary school places is set to treble next year as the falling rolls crisis spreads. Last year, 11 councils…

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Review of the RSHE statutory guidance

1 July 2024

The DfE are seeking views on changes to the relationships, sex and health education statutory guidance. Respond by 11th July 2024. The DfE want to hear your views on proposed…

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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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