Teacher training

Treasury plans apprenticeship levy funding restrictions

Move could affect viability of teaching apprenticeships

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Schools working to cut absences will be judged ‘favourably’ says Ofsted

Watchdog clarifies its position as absence rates remain stubbornly higher than pre-pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

School Cuts relaunch puts unions on collision-course with DfE again

Updated analysis estimates 92 per cent of mainstream schools will be ‘unable to cope’ with cost increases in 2024-25

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

GCSE students set to be given exam aids for one more year

It follows Nick Gibb, ex-schools minister, saying there was ‘an expectation’ the support would not be offered this year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Sponsored post

Preparing for post 16 reform – come what may

OCR launches new Cambridge Advanced Nationals for 16-19 year olds and explains its response to post 16 reform at…

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OCR
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Where the legacy of Covid remains

96% of school leaders report post-pandemic learning gaps still affecting pupils

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School buildings

Trusts lack building condition data despite DfE survey, cost-cutters find

Capital advisers programme will be expanded following positive feedback and after trusts predict savings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Working in schools ‘unsustainably demanding’ as teacher wellbeing hits five-year low

The education workforce is ‘stressed and unhappy at work,’ warns teacher support charity

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Recruitment and retention

Teachers’ home working ‘masks’ true workload challenge

Most leaders have not read government workload reduction toolkit, and just 1 in 10 found it ‘useful’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools invited to apply for free King Charles portrait

Portraits of the King will be printed on ‘high quality paper’ and mounted in a frame of ‘certified oak’…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
School funding

Trusts with large reserves must prove they have plans to spend them

Government clarifies its approach to those sitting on large levels of reserves after crackdown calls from spending watchdog

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Schools should have SENCo-style role to support young carers

Report warns pupils with caring responsibilities are not being properly identified by schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker