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Big change at the top of the DfE

Exclusive from @cerysturner7

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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.

https://t.co/7xm4pDhKBL

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Susan Acland-Hood is set to leave her role as permanent secretary to the Department for Education, Tes can reveal
https://t.co/wsv5DZCXxn

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Teachers on the upper pay range are no longer entitled to a pay review every year. This is one of several changes in the updated Schools Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
https://t.co/vCVWJZuAbU

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Lucy Powell says oracy should have the same status as reading and writing – that’s great, but it means we need a clear framework so schools can deliver it consistently, writes head of oracy Daniel Thomas
https://t.co/qfSptPut2r

[Jon Severs @jon_severs]

Really nuanced, evidence-informed view on screens in schools - his message? Don't panic.

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ICYMI: The 'fundamental contradiction at the heart of modern Ofsted': former HMI Adrian Lyons highlights where he thinks the school inspection system has gone wrong
https://t.co/KEWOa5NHm0

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Exam league tables only tell part of the story about a school – there is a better way of communicating a school’s strengths to parents, writes head Luke Ramsden
https://t.co/quKxtWdsiR

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What would life be like without KS2 Sats? @IPPR is recommending the DfE replace them with random sampling from Year 3 onwards
https://t.co/215uWeUt9t

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The backlash against the rise of screens in schools is growing, but is edtech really harming our pupils? Helen Amass asks Peter Etchells, a member of the government’s expert screen time advisory group
https://t.co/hMiw6xbr3i

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The proportion of schools that are planning to join a MAT has fallen, @NGAMedia polling shows, with governors citing fears about their school losing its autonomy and identity
https://t.co/tQqGhEPtxE

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ICYMI: Tes analysis of Ofsted report card inspections reveals the most common grades – and highlights how few schools are identified as having both strengths and weaknesses
https://t.co/Oh8m7T2C5a

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Will the government's SEND reforms go ahead as planned? With a new PM and a new education secretary installed since the reforms were announced in February, @jasminenorden looks at what schools can now expect
https://t.co/pJuOQJdCwB

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This international school switched from International GCSEs to a bespoke curriculum – so how easy was it to do? And has it improved students' learning? @Emma_Seith investigates
https://t.co/0XhZmjtjFd

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The government should trial two-week half terms to avoid a ‘piecemeal revolution’ in the school calendar, an education academic argues, as survey reveals 1 in 7 settings opted for a longer October break this year
https://t.co/EQB6HAjnG8

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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
https://t.co/EKFDjeec9m

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One of the most common queries we get at the moment is 'what is happening with the Send reforms?'.

@jasminenorden has the answer below...

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With Ofsted under increasing pressure over its new inspection system, teachers are being invited to have their say on the future of inspection
https://t.co/LLQXgbkVSM

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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
https://t.co/pJuOQJdCwB

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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
https://t.co/BRaoI5dfuB