General
Monday
23rd Jun 2025
Scottish reform timeline sets target dates for new qualifications
鈥楴ext steps鈥 document shows when curriculum, qualifications and assessment 鈥榳ill start to feel different鈥

Ofsted delay puts 鈥榰nacceptable pressure鈥 on schools, Phillipson told
Giving schools less than a term鈥檚 notice of a new inspection framework is 鈥榚ntirely unjustifiable鈥, unions warn the education secretary

Friday
20th Jun 2025
Tes Schools Awards 2025 winners revealed
The Tes Schools Awards celebrate the fantastic achievements of the schools sector and teaching profession this year

Is education helping Scotland to meet its other big challenges?
RSE report finds that more must be done to link education with other national priorities, including the climate emergency, poverty and economic prosperity

SEND: Government extends councils鈥 statutory override
Announcing a 鈥榩hased transition process鈥 to reform the SEND system, the government will extend the mechanism that allows councils to keep their high-needs spending deficits off their books

Entries for GCSE statistics almost double in 4 years
The 96 per cent increase in take-up since 2021 鈥 the largest for any GCSE or A-level subject 鈥 has been welcomed amid fears of a growing maths attainment gap

Exclusive
Do we need adults in the exam hall?
England鈥檚 biggest exam board sees AI invigilation as the future for GCSEs and A levels, but others warn of potential risks 鈥 including for students with SEND. Tes explores the pros and cons

Consultation opens on changes to RO and RME opt-out rules
A Holyrood committee wants to understand the potential impact of a new law that would give children more of a say over opting out of religious observance and education

Thursday
19th Jun 2025
Sport and enrichment offer of every state school to be published
School leaders warn that the plan must focus on supporting rather than placing 鈥渁dditional expectations鈥 on under-resourced schools

250 more schools to be rebuilt after funding extension
School and college maintenance funding will reach 拢2.9 billion by 2034-35, the government says today in its new infrastructure strategy

Yorkshire MATs planning merger to create 47-school trust
Ebor Academy Trust and Nexus Multi Academy Trust proposal would create the biggest primary and special school MAT in England

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Behaviour guidance 鈥榗rystal clear鈥 on exclusions, says Swinney
FM hits back after guidance for schools on behaviour and consequences is dismissed by Tories as 鈥榟andwringing nonsense鈥欙豢 that is vague on use of exclusions
