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 2y Jack Dyson 2y 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 2y Schools Week Reporter 2y 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 2y Samantha Booth 2y Sponsored post Sponsored 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… SWAdvertorial 2y Youth Sport Trust 2y School buildings Exclusive 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 2y Samantha Booth 2y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted: ‘Insider knowledge’ helps schools get better grades Researchers say the ‘significant advantage’ raises questions over the ‘equity and fairness’ of inspections Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y 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 2y Jack Dyson 2y 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 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y 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 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y 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 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y News RAAC confirmed at 214 schools, says DfE Number of confirmed cases up by 24 per cent in a month Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Exams GCSE disadvantage gap widens again Gap in attainment between poorer pupils and better-off peers widest since 2011 Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Newer 1 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 979 Older