News ESFA to close as regions group take over school finance oversight Education and Skills Funding Agency bites the dust as regions group take on bigger finance role Schools Week Reporter 8h Schools Week Reporter 8h Recruitment and retention EEF projects to probe whether flexible working boosts retention Research projects will also investigate the impact of flexible schemes on pupils Lucas Cumiskey 18h Lucas Cumiskey 18h SATs Primary school disadvantage gap narrows But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains above pre-pandemic levels Samantha Booth 1d Samantha Booth 1d News Revealed: The three candidates for education committee chair Two former children’s minister and disability rights campaigner compete for influential job Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Politics Phillipson faces first education questions from MPs SEND and private VAT plan dominate the schools agenda during Commons exchange Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d News Schools face ‘long slog’ to resolve enduring Covid challenges ‘Concerted action’ needed as secondaries face reading challenge and primaries battle lack of early development Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d Solutions Trusts target sixth formers in recruitment drive Schools turn to homegrown talent in the face of severe teacher shortages and difficulties spending apprenticeship levy funding Lucas Cumiskey 4d Lucas Cumiskey 4d SEND SEND: Two in five EHCP decisions took more than 6 months It comes as MPs warn ministers of desperate situations in their constituencies Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth 5d Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted enlists charities’ help as it plans inclusion ‘criterion’ Leaders welcome focus on inclusion, but warn against creating ‘perverse incentives’ for schools Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth 5d Recruitment and retention Exclusive Pledge for 6,500 new teachers may not be delivered for years Special unit assembled in DfE to work on Labour’s manifesto commitment, but concern grows over speediness of plan Jack Dyson 5d Lucas Cumiskey and Jack Dyson 5d Grammar Schools Investigation Mock 11-plus entrance exams boost grammars’ funds Investigation finds tens of thousands raised through PTA-run tests help grammars pay for laptops, cricket nets and new buildings Jack Dyson 5d Jack Dyson 5d Ofsted Exclusive Spielman: ‘I’d rather be unpopular than say things I didn’t believe to be true’ Former chief inspector speaks to Schools Week about her time leading the embattled inspectorate John Dickens 5d John Dickens 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 918 Older
