Schools

Set Gatsby-style benchmarks for extracurricular activities, says EPI

Targets needed to address ‘concerning inequalities in access’, says think tank

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Exams

DfE brings in minimum teaching hours for GCSE English and maths resits

Teach maths resit students for at least 4 hours a week and English for 3 or face funding reduction,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Schools

Government told ‘get a grip’ as new crumbly concrete closes schools

Urgent inspections launched after ceiling collapse at primary caused by crumbly concrete that isn’t RAAC

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Mental health

Mental health: Four-week CAMHS wait pledge up in the air

Consultation on plans warned of ‘unintended consequences’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Primary head named as first school safeguarding tsar

Jon Le Fevre will help the DfE explore whether schools should become a fourth safeguarding partner

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher training

Teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates: What you need to know

Degree apprenticeship route into the profession will launch next year with a pilot for 150 maths trainees

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Teacher pay

Proportion of teachers taking second jobs jumps 42%

Pay worries grow as one in six teachers admit to earning cash through second jobs

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Turnaround trusts say tide turning on recruiting converters

Wealth of lesson plans, specialist teaching teams and career paths helping to convince ‘good’ schools into turnarounds, CEOs say

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

NPQs not up to scratch for increasingly ‘complex’ headship

Development programmes for heads and executive leaders lack the ‘full extent of skills and knowledge’ needed, report warns

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academise so LAs can’t close you, diocese tells schools

Leaked papers show ‘key reason’ for diocese’s plans was to move school decisions away from councils

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

School wasn’t gaming as it can do ‘pretty much anything’, court hears

High court judge criticises Ofsted for ‘entirely erroneous understanding’ of ‘gaming’ as city technical college downgraded to ‘good’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Schools

Competition watchdog pulled into MIS dispute, again

Turf war between largest school management information system providers takes another twist

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson