Schools Poorer pupils less likely to attend top comprehensives Schools with best progress 8 scores have a lower proportion of disadvantaged pupils than their catchment areas, study finds Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y RAAC DfE will repay schools £4k for RAAC surveys – but there’s a catch Funding will only be available for surveys carried out over a two-month period last year Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Free school meals Khan extends London primary free school meals for a year Mayor also raises per-meal funding to £3 following repeated warnings that schools faced a shortfall Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Recruitment and retention AET heads to get £100k worth of CPD and sabbaticals Leaders will get up to 100 hours of professional development each year in scheme to ‘bring joy back into… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Movers and Shakers LocatED: Ex-Tory minister to chair DfE property arm for £1k-a-day Former housing minister and Hertford MP Mark Prisk appointed by Gillian Keegan Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Politics Phillipson invokes zeal of Gove reforms in Labour schools vision Former minister brought ‘energy and drive and determination’ that is required again, says shadow education secretary Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Attendance Ofsted will review absence during safeguarding checks, says Labour Bridget Phillipson will also announce a Labour government will use AI to spot trends in attendance Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted: Inspectors locked out of new training after tech glitch Watchdog promises to send video of mental health training to all inspectors after hundreds were unable to access the… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Attendance 18 new attendance hubs to help 2,000 schools cut absence DfE also confirms £15m rollout of attendance mentor scheme and new parent marketing campaign Schools Week Reporter 1y Schools Week Reporter 1y Ofsted Ofsted inspections to restart on January 22 Union leaders and MAT body boss will also provide ‘constructive challenge’ on Ofsted’s response to critical coroner report Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted ‘didn’t bother’ recording headteacher distress inspection pauses Ofsted not able to provide evidence for claims it made under oath that inspectors had paused inspections due to… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Movers and Shakers Exclusive Free school founder joins Ormiston as national transformation director Well-known leader takes up secondment at country’s ninth biggest trust Schools Week Reporter 1y Schools Week Reporter 1y Newer 1 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 975 Older