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Kyle Tormey@ktormreport
Jul 1
New: DfE spending on influencers has now eclipsed £700k since 2024, raising fresh questions over government priorities from shadow education secretary @LauraTrottMP. For Lib Dems’ @munirawilson, the figures are a “kick in the teeth” for teachers. @tes

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Jon Severs@jon_severs
Nov 6
➡️ Sexual harm is rising in schools - but is there enough resource to tackle it?

A superb @ktormreport investigation this morning.

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Kyle Tormey@ktormreport
Nov 6
How equipped are schools to identify & prevent harmful sexual behaviour? DfE data suggests it's a growing problem, but experts warn teachers lack the training & time. @CarolineVoaden says a ‘properly resourced nationwide approach’ is needed. @tes

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Kyle Tormey@ktormreport
Nov 4
New: Ukrainian GCSE to be made available in school from 2028, government confirms. Qualification to be developed by @AQA and first assessed in 2029. Last year, former education sec @bphillipsonMP told exam boards to consider reintroduction. @tes

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Cerys Turner@cerysturner7
Nov 3
Despite being awarded a 6.5% pay rise over two years, inflation is set to wipe out almost all of the teacher pay rise.

📉 Analysis from @JabedAhm shows the rise will amount to just 0.06% in real-terms.

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Kyle Tormey@ktormreport
Nov 3
Excl: Moving students’ between ability sets during the year rarely results in better attainment, research for the @NatInstTeaching finds. @tes

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Jon Severs@jon_severs
Nov 2
"while different surveys may report a measure called 'school belonging', they can conceptually measure quite distinct things”

Analysis from @JohnPeterJerrim pointing to the dangerous relationship between things ministers say, and fail to define, and chances of meaningful change
Tes magazine@tes
Nov 2
School initiatives that focus on improving pupils' sense of belonging are unlikely to lead to big increases in attainment – though they can still be helpful, according to FFT analysis
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Tes magazine@tes
Oct 30
A review of the ITT reforms introduced in 2021 finds that they created a ‘stretched system’ with ‘financial uncertainty’ – although the report praises the new curriculum
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Jasmine Norden@jasminenorden
Oct 29
I spoke to Anna Maxwell Martin and the creators of a new film about unauthorised absence fines
Tes magazine@tes
Oct 29
‘We were facing the idea of court and exclusion and off-rolling, and it was devastating for our family’: actor Anna Maxwell Martin explains how personal experience shaped her role in Unauthorised Absence, a film part of a campaign to end parent fines
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Cerys Turner@cerysturner7
Oct 28
Excl: The leader of the country’s largest MAT has called plans to create a
data spine the “most concerning thing to come from government on education” in his memory.

@JonColes01 warns that the major infrastructure project could lead to “legal challenges” if it goes ahead.
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Kyle Tormey@ktormreport
Oct 23
Amid concerns over KCSIE’s length and the sheer volume of guidance to adopt and comply with, changes made to safeguarding policies as late as September has led to patience ‘wearing thin’ in schools. @tes

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Tes magazine@tes
Oct 22
Violence-fixated pupils referred to Prevent are being sent back to schools because they don’t meet the programme’s criteria, @Rachel_deSouza tells the Southport Inquiry
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Cerys Turner@cerysturner7
Oct 21
Scoop: The DfE’s permanent secretary is leaving her role.

Susan Acland-Hood joined the dept in 2020 after working at the Treasury & Home Office.

She will now be leaving the dept after six years at the helm.

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Tes magazine@tes
Oct 20
Exclusive: As part of its crackdown on mobile phone use in schools, the DfE said Ofsted would inspect schools' phone policies – but Tes analysis reveals that such policies are rarely mentioned in report cards
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Tes magazine@tes
Oct 19
Exclusive: A new service is being launched to give schools better access to teacher recruitment research, aiming to help them make better-informed decisions on recruitment, retention and CPD
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Oct 19
We’ve had a change in government since the big SEND reforms were announced in February – so will they go ahead as planned? @jasminenorden looks at what we know so far
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Kyle Tormey@ktormreport
Oct 16
Excl: Offering free breakfast in schools may be linked to worsening child obesity, researchers say. @Uni_of_Essex' Institute for Social and Economic Research warns breakfast clubs rollout should not encourage 'unnecessary' eating. @tes

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Kyle Tormey@ktormreport
Oct 16
Excl: Draft proposals for national curriculum and GCSE subjects delayed. DfE had previously committed to September consultation on draft progs of study and subject content - now ‘later in the year’. @tes

Story w @cerysturner7

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Tes magazine@tes
Oct 15
Education secretary @LucyMPowell says oracy will be given ‘equal status’ with reading and writing in the revised national curriculum
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Jon Severs@jon_severs
Oct 14
“I’ve been teaching 25 years and low-level behaviour is so much worse than before - part of the problem is, if you address that behaviour, you get a reaction from the parent we never used to get”

Is gentle parenting to blame? @jasminenorden finds out.
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Oct 14
The NEU teaching union has called on Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver to step aside after a survey suggested that almost all of its members do not have confidence in the watchdog’s leadership
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