ISC Daily News Summary

Niall Bradley, chair of the National Supply Teachers Network, has written to Nadhim Zahawi warning that only a tiny proportion of supply teachers would be willing to work if a strike took place, telling the education secretary: “Your maths doesn’t add up.” By Callum Mason, Tes.

Writing in The Times, Veronica Wadley, Baroness Fleet, who chairs the advisory panel for the National Plan for Music Education, praises the Government for pledging £80 million a year for three years for music education, plus a new pot of £25 million for the purchase of tens of thousands of musical instruments and equipment for young people.

An editorial piece in The Guardian takes a closer look at the first annual report from the Social Mobility Commission under the leadership of Katharine Birbalsingh, arguing that it should not “distract from the bigger issue, which is that the commission has, over the decade of its existence, failed to deliver”.

Michelle Donelan, the higher education minister, has written to vice-chancellors urging them to reconsider their membership of the Race Equality Charter, which was accused of orchestrating the “decolonisation” of curricula across the country. By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph.

The University of Cambridge has reapplied for approval to continue providing teacher training after failing to apply to the February round of reaccreditation, claiming there were “important inconsistencies” in the Government’s teacher training reforms. By Samantha Booth, Schools Week.

Journalist Alex Massie writes in The Times reflecting on how far away the Scottish Government is from reaching its pledge to eliminate the poverty-related attainment gap by 2026.