Politics Gamekeeper turns poacher as Hayes takes committee chair Former shadow children’s minister talks Ofsted, recruitment and retention, funding and holding her former colleagues to account Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Safeguarding in schools: staying on top of school monitoring in the new academic year With the rise in bullying, vaping, and security threats, each school must act to create a secure environment that… SWAdvertorial 2y Phoenix 2y Politics Helen Hayes elected education committee chair SEND reform, child poverty and the school curriculum are on Hayes’s agenda Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y 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 2y Schools Week Reporter 2y 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 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y Assessment Primary school disadvantage gap narrows But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains above pre-pandemic levels Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y News Revealed: The three candidates for education committee chair Two former children’s minister and disability rights campaigner compete for influential job Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Politics Phillipson faces first education questions from MPs SEND and private VAT plan dominate the schools agenda during Commons exchange Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y 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 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y 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 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y Inclusion 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 2y Samantha Booth 2y 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 2y Samantha Booth 2y Newer 1 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 1,033 Older
