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I'll be covering this morning's Education Committee session on solving the SEND crisis. MPs will be hearing from Annamarie Hassall @AnnamarieHassall, Margaret Mulholland (mmulholland.bsky.social) & a number of other witnesses. 🧵below:

Ofsted's plans for a new report card and framework will be a “sledgehammer” to the government’s efforts to improve teacher recruitment, Pepe Di’Iasio tells Cerys Turner in this Tes interview ahead of the ASCL conference starting today. tes.com/magazine/news/…

"Ofsted will put a sledgehammer on all of the other government’s recruitment efforts because the level of accountability is just inappropriate" Ahead of ASCL conference, Pepe Di’Iasio sits down with Cerys Turner to talk inspection, SEND and more tes.com/magazine/news/…

Anyone selling courses to “help” leaders prepare for Ofsted is a charlatan. Don’t spend precious public money on snake oil. Great investigative story by Cerys Turner and Tes tes.com/magazine/news/…

I spoke to Pepe Di’Iasio about his concern for the ‘unintended consequences’ of Ofsted’s report card plans, how EHCPs can be used as weapons against schools & how he rates Bridget Phillipson’s time in office so far. tes.com/magazine/news/…

An uncomfortable moment for Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver today at #ASCL2025: He was met with laughs from the crowd after he told delegates that “I don’t want you to be doing anything ‘for Ofsted’”. Seems school leaders disagree… tes.com/magazine/news/…

Excl: The DfE is still thinking through its strategy to tackle misbehaviour in schools, says Stephen Morgan MP He tells Tes that he shares the sector's concerns about misbehaviour but gives no commitment on the future of attendance & behaviour hubs. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Key takeaways from the interim curriculum and assessment review 👇 - Some resit outcomes for English and Maths are "indefensible” - Scope to reduce the volume of exams at KS4 - KS2 writing tests need improvement, but SATs are here to stay tes.com/magazine/news/…

Suggestions that Ofsted’s proposed changes to inspection will not drive up staff workload are “nonsense”, Ofsted has been warned. Increased monitoring inspections, "vague" toolkits & more evaluation areas are all concerns leaders have shared with Tes: tes.com/magazine/news/…

An uptick in redundancies & restructuring has already started to hit schools, and the picture is only set to get worse with the current funding situation. ➡️ Significant rises in legal casework, increased calls to union hotlines & more revealed by Tes: tes.com/magazine/news/…

Private school families are in court today to challenge the government’s decision to tax 20% VAT on private school fees. But even if the case succeeds, the government won’t necessarily have to change its flagship education policy. Tes explains why👇 tes.com/magazine/news/…

New: Teach First CEO Russell Hobby will take over as CEO of The Kemnal Academies Trust from September. He will be taking over the 45-school trust from Dr Karen Roberts, who is due to retire after 13 years at the helm. tes.com/magazine/news/…

New: Ofsted has admitted that its report card system needs “simplifying”. The watchdog is considering how it displays grade descriptions & the clarity of drafting between the ‘secure’ and ‘strong’ grades. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Both articles brought together in this piece by Cerys Turner tes.com/magazine/news/…

Strong words from NAHT on Ofsted’s report cards proposals: The union warned that the plans risk the “health and wellbeing of school leaders” and raised concerns that no impact assessment on teacher wellbeing, workload & health has been made. tes.com/magazine/news/…

A further blow to Ofsted’s school card plans this morning: Education leaders, teachers, former HMI & Prof Julia Waters, sister of headteacher Ruth Perry, have written to the SoS to urge her to delay the proposals, or risk “further, preventable deaths”. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Well done Cerys Turner ensuring the wider public understand the cost pressures in schools on ITV News itv.com/news/london/20…