Exams

65,000 more exam grade appeals – but still below pre-Covid levels

Marking challenges move closer towards 2019 levels after exams returned to pre-virus standards

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exams

Advanced British Standard consultation: What you need to know

Ministers seek views on their plans for new 16 to 19 qualification dubbed ‘headless chicken policymaking’

John Dickens
John Dickens
Attendance

Term-time holidays drive record unauthorised school absence fines

Almost 400,000 penalties were issued by councils last year, DfE data shows

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Exams: Pupil cheating rises by a fifth, with harsher punishments

The number of pupils caught cheating in GCSE and A-level exams continues to rise

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Tutoring

Tutoring: 3 in 10 schools shunned programme last year

And the proportion of tutoring delivered to disadvantaged pupils has dropped

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Sponsored post

Tackling the mental health impacts of Covid

In the last of a three-part series on bridging Covid-related learning gaps, Phil Roberts, Director from SIMS at ParentPay…

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School buildings

Schools hit by falling rolls warned: ‘Don’t sell sites’

Disused land could house other public services such as children’s centres, says boss of DfE property arm

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Educational psychologists call off strikes after pay offer accepted

Union accepts deal worth 4% from this September and £1,925 backdated to last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Mental health

Create school ‘wellbeing supervisors’ network, says coalition of leaders

Vulnerable students ‘still being let down’ by mental health support and insufficient availability of care

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Hinds: ‘I was wrong’ on teacher golden handcuffs

Schools minister also reveals changes to the early career framework and more details on non-grad teaching apprenticeship

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Leaders warn against sudden changes as Lords call to scrap EBacc

Schools sector ‘prone to swinging from one end of the pendulum to another’, peers warned after report calls for…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ruth Perry: Schools can defer Ofsted inspections until 2024

Change announced in the wake of a damning ruling in an inquest into the headteacher’s death

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson