Geoff Barton: ‘I don’t want to be wheeled out as yesterday鈥檚 man’ Departing ASCL boss talks supporting heads through Covid, his new oracy commission, that pay dispute and looking forwards, not back
拢2.3m absence mentoring pilot reaches just half of target And just half of those reached achieved improved attendance
Unions: ‘Clunky’ advanced British standard risks ‘blunt choice’ for pupils Ministers accused of ‘putting the cart before the horse’ with 16-19 reform plans
Movers and shakers: Kat Howard, Summer Turner, James Biddulph, Majella McCarthy Leader who served ex-PM breakfast and almost starred in Hollyoaks and principal who lived in rainforest among those starting new jobs
Schools and trusts slow to publish governors diversity data Government wants diversity details of boards to be ‘widely available’, but data protection a barrier, report trusts
DfE puts 40 staff on Advanced British Standard ‘vanity project’ Government criticised for committing ‘platoon of civil servants’ to policy unlikely to come to fruition
Geoff Barton to lead oracy commission for Voice 21 Departing union boss will lead effort to build blueprint for a ‘national entitlement’, as Labour plans speaking boost
Appoint poverty ‘tsar’ and extend universal free meals to worst-hit schools, DfE told Report from ex-children’s commissioner also calls for government plan to support schools to reduce the impact of poverty
32,000 children wait at least 2 years for mental health treatment Children’s commissioner calls for early intervention as pupils wait ‘significant portion of their young lives’ for support