News

RAAC confirmed at 214 schools, says DfE

Number of confirmed cases up by 24 per cent in a month

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

GCSE disadvantage gap widens again

Gap in attainment between poorer pupils and better-off peers widest since 2011

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Best headteachers add two GCSE grades, landmark study finds

First study of its kind tracks impact of school leaders on pupil progress, teacher turnover and absences

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

School improvement role for Ofsted risks ‘mission creep’, MPs warned

Labour wants watchdog to be improver and inspector, but academy sector leader warns it’s ‘tricky territory’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Gibb: Restoring £370m funding gaffe cash would be ‘irresponsible’

Labour said the error was ‘part of a much bigger pattern of Conservative mismanagement’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

AQA sets timetable for digital GCSE exams

Two GCSE languages will move to digital by 2026 with larger subjects beginning in 2030

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


School funding

Prominent accountant to review £370m school funding gaffe

Peter Wyman to lead review of DfE quality assurance process for the national funding formula for schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2023

DfE confirms pay scales following offer of 6.5% for teachers and leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour has little to say on SEND

But party won’t ‘rip up’ current reforms, and will take forward measures that are ‘effective and working’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Tell us how you will fix recruitment, Labour told

Analysis shows gaps in the workforce already outstrip party’s ambition for 6,500 more teachers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

Teacher training portal ‘favours big providers’

‘The listing of so many schools could, albeit inadvertently, disadvantage some providers’

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
School funding

Gibb dismisses union calls for £370m funding gaffe cash

Minister claims schools still getting ‘record’ funding despite error that means budgets for 2024-25 will be smaller than expected

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson