Friday
Gilruth: ‘Fundamental shift’ in behaviour in schools since Covid
Advice on behaviour ‘consequences’ will be published before schools break up for the summer, education secretary promises
EIS to ballot members over teachers’ class-contact time
Policy viewed as key to reducing workload has seen ‘absolutely no progress’ in four years, says Scotland’s biggest teaching union
Pay offer delay leaves Scottish teachers feeling ‘undervalued and ignored’
Class-contact time, recruitment crises and fear-inducing school inspections also set out as priorities for change by the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association
Apprenticeships shortened to get teachers into classroom sooner
Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship courses will be reduced from 12 to nine months
Heads legally powerless to avoid Ofsted report card inspections
The NAHT has taken legal action against Ofsted’s recent consultation. But, regardless of the outcome, schools will have to participate in inspections, say legal experts
Saturday
Heads vote to open way for academies to rejoin LAs
NAHT national executive talks up a mandate to ‘lobby government for a system that suits the needs of schools’
NAHT to take Ofsted to court over school report cards
School leaders’ union issues a claim for a judicial review against Ofsted in response to its proposed changes to the inspection system
Friday
Most school leaders ‘struggling’ to support pupils with SEND
Headteachers say pupils with SEND who should be taught in specialist provision have to remain in mainstream schools because of a lack of places
NAHT leader urges Oliver to scrap inspection plans
Union’s general secretary calls for an Ofsted system that ‘doesn’t pile additional pressure onto an already stretched profession’
Far right fuelling violence in Scottish schools, warns union
Racist, misogynistic and anti-immigrant rhetoric in schools is being fuelled by social media, new NASUWT Scotland president will say today
Heads demand clarity on the legal right to seclude pupils
School leaders voice fears over changes to government guidance on the use of restraint, warning that they could lead to the unfair treatment of pupils with SEND
‘Devastating’ cuts threaten inclusion, warns new NAHT president
Incoming president of school leaders’ union says there will be ‘absolute uproar’ if Ofsted does not substantially change its proposals for inspection reform
