Start your Monday Morning. A little bit of rain for some, even some Thunderstorms Mist and rain to start your Monday Morning. Good morning, its Monday 2nd september. One or two word 0fsted Inspection Grades for englands schools are being scrapped with immediate effect. Last year an inquest found an 0fsted Inspection had contributed to the suicide of primary headteacher Ruth Perry, leading to widespread calls for change. Headteacher Ruth Perry, leading the government said the overall grades werent fair or accurate, but the change was criticised by the conservatives for removing a vital indicator for parents. Heres our Education Editor Branwen jeffreys. After an inspection, Caversham Primary was but yes, its this. A relief, really, that no other Head Teacher will have to go through what ruth went through. So from today, overall Inspection Grades are scrapped, like good or inadequate. School inspection standards remain the same. And from september 2025, there will be a new Report Card for
You know, thankfully, enormously successful. And not a day goes by when i dont go somewhere and someone will come up and and theyll say, excuse me. And i think, oh, theyre going to say how much they like springwatch. And they say that programme you made, inside autistic minds, has touched our lives. And quite clearly it has been bigging me or us up here but its played quite a constructive role in in generating that wider understanding that we wanted. Obviously, the best thing is when you meet other neurodiverse people and they tell you directly that its helped them because, you know, it articulated things which they were unable to do themselves and theyve noticed a very positive outcome because of the way that people that they know or live with or work with have basically changed their behaviour. You know, at the outset i said. And the teams mission was to, you know, transform peoples lives for the better. And for me it was just one target. Ijust wanted one teenage person who was in a
and welcome to liverpool, eurovision arrives for its official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome. hundreds of thousands of workers here in the uk are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. more than 100,000 teachers in england, wales and parts of scotland are taking part in a dispute over pay. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted. university lecturers, train drivers, civil servants, bus drivers and security guards are also on strike. the government has described the walk outs as deeply disappointing. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke has more. it has been a familiar site got from the first time in seven years, teachers in england and teachers and support staff and whales arejoining the teachers and support staff and whales are joining the action. they want a pay rise that is above nation and is funded by the government, not school budgets. the gover
how local lad sean longstaff has these newcastle fans dreaming, as the club reach a first final since 1999. it s official liverpool has become the host of this year s eurovision song contest in a special handover ceremony in the city. it isa it is a dry and bright day in the south and east, but expect some rain in the north and west. the strong winds will gradually ease. good morning. it s wednesday, 1st february. hundreds of thousands of workers are going on strike today, in the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. among them are more than 100,000 teachers in england and wales. teachers in some parts of scotland are also taking action in a separate dispute. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted, with many having to close. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke has more. it s been a familiar sight in scotland for months. but for the first time in seven years, teachers in england, and teachers and support staff in wales, are joining the act
and welcome to liverpool, eurovision arrives for its official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome. hundreds of thousands of workers here in the uk are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. more than 100,000 teachers in england, wales and parts of scotland are taking part in a dispute over pay. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted. university lecturers, train drivers, civil servants, bus drivers and security guards are also on strike. the government has described the walk outs as deeply disappointing. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke has more.