Schools

Council’s £800 exercise results in £1.2m school funding boost

It has prompted fresh calls for a system of auto-enrolment for free school meals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Recruiters seek actors for school teaching assistant jobs

Unions warn move could be a ‘good quick fix’ in the recruitment crisis but is ‘hugely expensive’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Department for Education

‘Utter farce’: DfE says sorry for funding email gaffe

Trusts given ‘false hope’ they would no longer have to bid for repairs cash

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Sir Hamid Patel appointed Confederation of School Trusts chair

Star Academies boss outlines his ‘absolute commitment to represent the interests of all trusts, of all sizes and all…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Teacher strikes

Strikes: Government to introduce minimum service levels in schools

Ministers say if a voluntary agreement is not reached with unions, it will use powers through the new strikes…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Sponsored post

PE and Sport Premium: What schools need to know

The first tranche payment of this academic year’s PE and sport premium for primary schools is due to land…

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Youth Sport Trust


School buildings

Checks of ‘deteriorating’ school buildings yet to start

Government signed off on £2m scheme for assessments at schools with ‘system-built’ classroom blocks last year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted: ‘Insider knowledge’ helps schools get better grades

Researchers say the ‘significant advantage’ raises questions over the ‘equity and fairness’ of inspections

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Mental health

Heads unable to take up wellbeing support because of workload

Study evaluating government-funded service found overworked leaders couldn’t find free hour

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Tutoring

Catch up: Some tutoring may have harmed pupil outcomes

But study into Randstad-run year of NTP found school-led tutoring likely led to ‘small’ boost in results

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

SEND system is ‘lose, lose, lose’, admits Keegan

Education secretary also says parents use ‘tribunal factor’ to get kids into ‘very expensive independent schools’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Pupil number forecast revised up, but steep decline still expected

Higher-than-expected primary pupil numbers in this year’s school census may be the reason, says DfE

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker