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Mar- 2025 -28 March
YouGov finds ‘high parent support’ for Ofsted report card proposals
A YouGov survey has found the majority of parents support Ofsted’s report card proposals, with 67% saying they prefer Ofsted’s proposed new report cards to current inspection reports. Some 86% of parents said it was easy to understand the information on the report cards and 84% found the use of colour…
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28 March
Humanists UK backs campaign to stop closure of non-faith school
Humanists UK is supporting a campaign that aims to stop Southwark Council from closing the only non-faith primary school in its area, Charlotte Sharman Primary School. The news comes less than a year on from the successful campaign that saved the non-faith primary school from being merged into a Church…
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28 March
Gov invests £740m to expand school places for children with SEND
The government has announced that 10,000 new school places will be funded for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), delivering on Plan for Change, through a £740m investment. The investment will be used by the government to deliver adaptations, expand specialist units in mainstream as well as create…
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27 March
Welsh language skills improving in further education but impact ‘inconsistent’
Training schemes to enhance Welsh language skills in further education and apprenticeships are making a positive impact, but with inconsistencies in their long-term effectiveness, according to Estyn.The education and training inspectorate for Wales reported on the ‘Increasing the use of the Welsh language in post-16 sectors’, which evaluates training programmes…
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27 March
Prioritise individualised approaches to tackle pupil absences, NFER says
Schools should prioritise supportive, individualised approaches to tackling pupil absence while recognising that sanctions still have a role to play, new research from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has found. The study, Voices from the Classroom – Understanding how secondary schools support pupils returning from absence, is based…
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27 March
Govt and GBE invests £200m in solar power for schools and NHS
The UK government and Great British Energy has announced a £200m investment to support new rooftop solar power and renewable schemes for hundreds of schools, NHS trusts and communities to save money on their energy bills. The multi-million pound investment is part of the government’s Plan for Change, and is…
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26 March
Backlog of repairs continue to affect UK school buildings
Teachers in England continue to report widespread problems with the condition of classrooms in a survey carried out by Teacher Tapp for the Association of School and College Leaders. The problems include more than a half who say classrooms are too hot in the summer because of poor ventilation, and…
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26 March
Ofsted survey of parents ‘misses the point’, says NAHT
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said that Ofsted has “rather missed the point” with its latest survey, which aimed to find parents’ opinions on the proposed changes for report cards. The YouGov survey of 1,090 parents, which was revealed today (26 March), coincides with the current consultation on…
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25 March
Legal action launched over teachers’ pension transfer delays
Law firm Leigh Day has launched a legal claim on behalf of former and current members of teachers’ union NASUWT who are facing long delays in obtaining pension transfer values. The delays are causing financial losses and emotional stress, as the valuations are often needed for divorce proceedings or retirement…
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25 March
Fulneck School in Pudsey to close after 270 years
Fulneck School in Pudsey, a private and boarding school in Leeds, has announced it is set to close for good at the end of the current academic year. The school, which was founded in 1753, said that despite the “dedicated efforts” of the school and the Fulneck Trustees to sustain…
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