Schools Exclusive Details of schools’ £1.5m cost-cutting success story withheld School board minutes suggest staff cuts were behind savings James Carr 2d James Carr 2d SATs, Schools Markers locked out of Capita’s SATs webinar The firm has apologised after teachers were left waiting for hours Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d Covid, Schools Exclusive Another procurement legal row emerges as DfE ‘under stress’ At least three major outsourcing contracts from the DfE have been at the centre of legal challenges Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d Exams AQA says GCSE biology advance info was accurate after complaints Pupils claimed on Twitter that they had been provided with the wrong information James Carr 3d James Carr 3d Academies, Politics Zahawi under fire over ‘misleading’ academy claims Education secretary faces calls to ‘correct the record’ in Parliament after officials admit academy comparisons could mislead Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d Politics Exclusive Not enough desks as DfE staff ordered back to crowded offices Whole teams turned away from workplaces as government push to end home-working backfires Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d Teacher training Exclusive Top-grade uni among victims in savage first ITT review round Snub ‘perplexes’ first university to get new Ofsted ‘outstanding’ as others recently rated ‘good’ also left out Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d SEND Birmingham SEND caseloads hit over 500 children per worker Commissioner’s damning report shows ‘dire’ state of SEND provision, but also points the finger at government Tom Belger 3d Tom Belger 3d Schools Schools Week mental health investigation longlisted for top journalism award Eight-page special on the CAMHS crisis is in the running for the Paul Foot award for investigative and campaigning… Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d Exams Students warned over hoax exam papers for sale GCSE and A-level exams began this week Freddie Whittaker 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d Academies, Politics DfE to correct academy claims after stats watchdog slapdown Statistics regulator warns over ‘transparency, quality and replicability’ of data in ‘case for a fully trust-led system’ document Freddie Whittaker 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d Schools Non-white candidates less likely to get into teacher training Acceptance rates are 21 percentage points lower for black applicants than their white counterparts Freddie Whittaker 5d Freddie Whittaker 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 735 Older Must read Covid Exclusive DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and… James Carr 9mo James Carr 9mo Covid Academy trusts’ cash stash rises to £3bn despite pandemic pressures Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department… Tom Belger 11mo Tom Belger 11mo