Reading the excellent 'The Revolutionists' by @jasonburke2.bsky.social
and got to this bit about incidents in 1983...

More on the plans set out today, which would put existing guidance on a statutory footing.

(The guidance doesn’t say phones can’t be taken to school, but that they should be stored out of sight eg in lockers.) www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Banning phones in schools 'already solved', claims minister Education minister Olivia Bailey comes under fire as MPs reject Lords' proposal for a statutory ban on phones in schools

The govt's just announced a statutory ban on phones in schools...four days after education minister Olivia Bailey said the problem was already "solved". www.tes.com/magazine/new...

If you were in any doubt falling birthrates were hitting schools hard, this should be the confirmation you needed.

"Some of Harris’ schools are facing funding shortfalls of up to £800,000 due to lower pupil numbers"

Exclusive from @jabedahmed.bsky.social

The education 'faultlines' some believe will undermine inclusion In this week's Tes Daily newsletter leader, Jon Severs looks at the growing trend of calls to broaden the curriculum offer in schools ahead of SEND reform

"Would a broadening of curriculum and accountability really mean fewer young people feeling that they had “failed” school? The critics would argue that it would at least make us more certain that it was not school that had failed those young people."

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Gareth Conyard: DfE plan for teacher-training entitlement is ‘disingenuous’ In an exclusive interview, the chief executive of the Teacher Development Trust questions the government’s plan for a new teacher-training entitlement and its decision to fund only three years of SEND training

Exclusive: The White Paper plan for a training entitlement for teachers ‘isn’t an entitlement in any meaningful sense’, says Teacher Development Trust chief and former DfE official Gareth Conyard

Where are the ‘big levers’ of curriculum and assessment in SEND reforms? For a more inclusive system, ministers must rethink what children learn and how success is measured, say school leaders - who fear that an opportunity has been missed on curriculum and assessment

Is the SEND reform agenda set up to fail as the government has failed to properly consider curriculum and assessment reform alongside it?

That's what school leaders have told @johngroberts.bsky.social in our big read today.

Read the article here: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Stop ‘proactive’ schools grabbing inclusion support, councils told DfE tasks local authorities with creating 'experts at hand' plans for schools – but sector leaders raise concerns about a lack of evidence on how this should be delivered

New ‘experts at hand’ support for pupils with SEND must not be ‘disproportionately accessed’ by the most proactive schools, DfE tells councils

How is Australia’s social media ban playing out in schools? After Australia introduced a world-first ban on social media for under-16s, Zofia Niemtus speaks to school leaders in the country about the impact of the new law

The Australian social media ban for under 16s made headlines around the world, but has it had a positive impact on schools?

Well, that's a difficult thing to unpick, as Zofia Niemtus finds in our big read in Tes magazine this morning.
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What neuroscience tells us about teaching young children We know that the youngest pupils’ brains work differently to adult brains, and scientific research has now uncovered some of the secrets to keeping early years children engaged in their learning, argues neuroscientist Sam Wass

What can the Teletubbies teach teachers about pedagogy for the youngest pupils in the school system?

Professor Sam Wass explains that younger children have a huge potential to learn, but that this can only be harnessed with the right teaching approach.

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The drop down menu will need its own scroll soon

Revealed: The DfE’s ‘enormous’ challenge with inclusion bases The government wants an inclusion base in every mainstream secondary but lacks basic data on what specialist facilities already exist - and Tes analysis reveals huge regional gaps in provision

The government doesn't know how many informal inclusion bases are in schools already, and existing formal resourced provision paid for by local authorities has not been a factor in how funding has been arranged to create more specialist places ⬇️
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Primary schools to get £14K inclusion funding on average The average secondary school will receive £48,000 next year through the new Inclusive Mainstream Fund, the DfE announces

The average sized primary school will get £14k next year through the government's new fund to bolster mainstream inclusion. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

What my ‘hidden’ trauma taught me about belonging in schools We can’t always know what a child is going through, writes trust leader David Clayton, who says his own childhood experience has shown him the need to make schools ‘sanctuaries’ for those suffering tr...

"Nobody in that school or my primary school knew that there was a lot more going on for me than the death of my Dad."

Hidden trauma and the challenge of helping those who do not seem to need help.

A powerful, difficult, deeply personal read

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Thanks for reading!

#UkEd #Edusky

More of this please. 😍
Thanks Jon

"A teenage-focused doomerism has firmly established itself as a mainstream narrative in the UK"

The @tes leader on talking down teens - and why that forces schools into a difficult choice.

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What will it take to get all schools into trusts? Tes investigates the challenges of achieving the White Paper target of bringing every school into a strong trust - and the incentives that could be necessary to fulfil it

The barriers to Labour's aim of getting all schools into trusts are multiple - @jabedahmed.bsky.social has published a superb analysis of those barriers and the ways in which they may be tackled.

You don't get this kind of insight anywhere but @tesmagazine.bsky.social
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Disadvantaged schools more likely to be graded down on achievement Heads in deprived areas warn that grades awarded by Ofsted for its new achievement category are ‘demoralising’ and fail to take their challenging circumstances into account

▶️ Ofsted: Disadvantaged schools more likely to be graded down on achievement

Big Ofsted investigation here from @cerysturner.bsky.social that puts Sir Martyn's comments at ASCL into an interesting context
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Why we’ll fund new ideas about attendance and parental engagement The New Schools Network’s Innovation Pilot Programme will invest in new ideas to tackle two of the most stubborn barriers in education, explains Meg Powell-Chandler

The New Schools Network is starting an Innovation Pilot Programme to fund schools and organisations to test approaches to tackle barriers to education. Its director, Meg Powell-Chandler, explains all

The coastal schools mission must get to the heart of the issues The CEO of a trust with several coastal schools welcomes the government’s Mission Coastal but says it can’t just rehash past successes in other parts of the country

Inner-city approaches to improve student outcomes cannot simply be lifted and shifted to the coast – but it’s just as important we get it right for generations to come, says trust CEO Seamus Murphy

Scrap smart uniforms, say nearly half of secondary teachers An increased focus on inclusion and cost means some schools are revising their uniform policies. But teachers are divided and leaders are less convinced, exclusive polling finds.

While most secondary schools require students to wear blazers, nearly half of teachers would prefer young people to wear ‘joggers and a polo’ or no uniform, exclusive polling reveals

How a new approach to vocabulary has transformed our reading scores At a primary school in Leicester, a novel way of leading vocabulary retrieval lessons has boosted Sats scores and helped to develop a love of reading among pupils. Ellen Peirson-Hagger hears how it works

A new approach to teaching vocabulary has massively improved Sats scores at one Leicester primary, according to its headteacher: @ellencph.bsky.social hears how the Starling system works

How teaching created a maternity leave return trap Many women leave teaching shortly after returning from maternity leave. Teacher Evelyn Waite asks what is pushing them out, and how new mums and their schools can sidestep the common pitfalls of comin...

"All of us who return from maternity leave seem to be wrestling with the same impossible standards: trying to work as if we don’t have children and trying to parent like we don’t have a career."

▶️How teaching created a maternity leave return trap

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"The language used to describe these bases is revealing. A 'safe space away from busy classrooms' prompts an uncomfortable question: safe from what, and from whom?"

An interesting challenge in this piece below.

Chief executive of The Education Alliance announces departure Jonny Uttley is moving on from the 12-academy trust after six years as CEO and 15 years at the MAT

The chief executive of The Education Alliance multi-academy trust has announced he is stepping down after six years in the job

Ofsted chief will ‘not downplay’ disadvantaged schools’ outcomes Analysis of the watchdog’s report card system has shown that disadvantaged schools may be ‘unfairly penalised’

Sir Martyn Oliver will not ‘downplay the disappointing outcomes’ in Ofsted’s grading of disadvantaged schools, he will tell leaders at @ascl-uk.bsky.social conference today

Deliver on SEND or lose services, ministers warn councils SEND reform plans are needed by June - and government will withdraw services from failing authorities, local officers have been warned

Exclusive: Councils have been warned they face ‘heightened scrutiny’ over SEND reforms, and that those found to be failing could have services taken off them, in a hard-hitting letter from government ministers, seen by Tes