John Roberts
Deputy News Editor at Tes
Dad of two. Deputy news editor at @Tes. Darlo fan. [email protected] https://t.co/DEIV34E7AQ…
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1 week ago |
tes.com | John Roberts
Bridget Phillipson has told union leaders she is concerned that alternative pension schemes could lead to younger teachers making financial decisions without realising the impact on their retirement. The education secretary has written to the NASUWT teaching union after it raised concerns with her about United Learning Trust’s plans to create a different pension scheme, in which teachers receive more take-home pay and less retirement benefit.
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1 week ago |
tes.com | John Roberts
Former education secretary Michael Gove and former Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman have both been confirmed as receiving seats in the House of Lords today. Mr Gove, who was education secretary from 2010 to 2014, received a peerage in the resignation honours list of former prime minister Rishi Sunak, while Ms Spielman’s appointment as a Conservative peer was also confirmed today after she was put forward by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.
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2 weeks ago |
tes.com | John Roberts
Headteachers have welcomed a council decision not to proceed with a controversial plan to redesignate around a third of special schools in one of the largest counties in England. The special school review plans put forward by Kent County Council (KCC) had become the subject of a judicial review claim by parents, with support from special school headteachers.
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2 weeks ago |
tes.com | John Roberts
Mounting council deficits on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) spending will keep growing without new government education reforms, a leading director of children’s services has warned. Rachael Wardell, the new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS), said it was a “true scandal” that lots of money was being spent without getting better outcomes for children with SEND.
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2 weeks ago |
tes.com | Jasmine Norden |John Roberts
More than half of so-called “stuck” schools have either moved trusts or improved their Ofsted grade, a Tes analysis reveals. The findings show that plans to send Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) teams into hundreds of stuck schools could amount to a duplication of effort, trust leaders are warning.
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The government should introduce a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools to alleviate the pressure on parents, teachers and headteachers, the @NEUnion general secretary Daniel Kebede has said. https://t.co/NMLcReAVfM
Some 44 per cent of children in need were persistently absent from school last year and the numbers who are severely absent is rising, according to the latest Department for Education data. https://t.co/3KyIGnluZ6
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