Week Commencing 14/03/22 Headlines?
One million tutoring courses delivered to help children catch up?
The National Tutoring Programme has reached one million courses since it began, with new measures announced to help support even more pupils.?
- 532,000 were provided through the School-Led Tutoring route (whereby schools source their own tutors)?
- The programme is on track to deliver the target of two million courses overall this academic year?
- The Government expects group sizes of 1:3 to remain standard, but schools working with tuition partners can now use their discretion when determining group sizes, with a cap of up to 1:6 to allow greater flexibility where needed (such as for phonics, where pair work is required)?
- Will this noticeably close learning gaps and create a more level playing field amongst pupils??
Pay reforms leave women teachers out of pocket?
Decline in progression after 2014 reforms 'more pronounced' for part-time staff, DfE analysis finds. Government warns, the introduction of performance-related pay for teachers may have “disproportionately disadvantaged” women.?
- Many are calling for performance-related pay (PRP) to be scrapped.?
- Survey found that 85% of classroom teachers opposed performance-related pay.?
- Impact on the work-force and the pupils - teachers?are giving up running extra-curricular activities and are?leaving the profession over performance-related pay. ?
Covid: Year 1 pupils furthest behind in reading, study finds?
Youngest pupils have been worst-affected by partial school closures, and show less signs of recovery.?
- How will schools support these pupils??
- Are there schemes and resources that could make a difference??
- What scope will there be for the government to provide schools with additional funding and/or resources??
- Concerns remain regarding the disadvantaged gap that has widened during the pandemic, with the impacts of the pandemic affecting the most vulnerable.?
Teaching overseas: the unexpected money worries?
International teaching offers attractive salaries but teachers often find that surprise costs abroad leave them short of cash.?
- How can recruiting schools address this concern??
- Teachers moving abroad are advised to go with savings?
- Fixed-term contracts, that can be terminated at any time in the first six months carry risks, after the initial financial outlay of moving and setting up abroad?
- Teachers relocating are urged to be diligent and thoroughly check their new school’s recruitment pack?
Skills Minister delivers keynote speech at International Higher Education Forum?
Skills Minister Alex Burghart outlines the successes of the UK's International Education Strategy.?
- Why is it important to offer international higher education opportunities??
- What do students gain? What does the UK gain??
- What does the future look like in terms of international higher education??
- In 2020/21, the UK 2020/21?hosted 605,130 international students?
- The government plans to host at least 600,000 international higher education students in the UK per year?
- The government are working across five priority countries: India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam to open up export growth opportunities for UK education; one of the UK’s soft power strengths?
- What does a ‘Global Britain’ look like? How will Britain promote British values across the world??
Inclusive Britain: government response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities?
Inclusive Britain is the government's response to the report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.?
- A clear mission to address equality,?opportunities for all, prejudice, discrimination, in Britain?
- Education is one of several areas in which disparities have been noted?
- The report outlines 4 themes: building trust, promoting fairness, creating agency, and achieving inclusivity?
- Of the 24 recommendations, some can be actioned in part through education (directly or indirectly), such as: 3.2 Tackle online racial abuse; 4.3?Enable better quality learning; 4.4?Invest in what works for pupils; 4.5?Increase quality of alternative provision in education; 4.9?Career advice that expands choice and enhances social mobility; 4.10?Clamp down on low-quality courses in higher education; 4.11?Rank university courses by social mobility; 5.1?Create a more inclusive history curriculum; 5.2?Support a more inclusive school hair and uniform policy; 5.3?Enrich the school day for children?
Schools Week news article - Government Sewell report response: 9 actions for schools?
Covid: Ex-teacher call to arms falls flat as 1 in 3 make it to classroom?
Dozens of former teachers who signed up to alleviate Covid staff pressures have pulled out?
- The?recruitment drive?forms a key plank of government efforts to tackle workforce absence, which stood at over five per cent as of March 3?
- Seven recruitment firms approached by?Schools Week?said that of 158 teachers who enquired about the programme, just 52 are now working in schools?
- Returning teachers who expressed an interest were put off by concerns over bureaucracy, the cost of DBS checks and fears about infection rates in schools?
- How long will this be an issue in schools??
- How is the staff absence impacting pupils??
Head of Content: EdCo, The Content Classroom and ISN
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