Teacher strikes

NASUWT members to limit working time in industrial action

Action later this month includes refusing to do extra-curricular activities, lunch duties and weekend work in dispute over workload

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
RAAC

RAAC: Nick Gibb clarifies DfE funding for closed schools

The schools minister claimed RAAC funding guidance had been ‘misinterpreted’, but then confirmed revenue costs won’t be covered

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
MATs

Former AET boss Julian Drinkall to take over at GLF

Drinkall returns to the sector to take over from Jon Chaloner who will stand down at the end of…

John Dickens
John Dickens
RAAC

RAAC: 100 schools at risk of collapse ordered to close

Everything school leaders need to know after the government escalated its RAAC response

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Politics, SEND

David Johnston appointed children’s minister as Coutinho promoted

He becomes the seventh minister to oversee the important SEND reforms

John Dickens
John Dickens
RAAC

RAAC: Schools told to prepare pupil evacuation plans

Leaked documents show DfE staff are calling schools to ensure plans are in place to take RAAC buildings out…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker


Grammar Schools

Ministers intervene to delay grammar schools expansion plan

Council says changes will pave way to admit more pupils into its selective schools

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

DfE moves ahead with e-register plan amid attendance crackdown

Electronic register mandate gives education secretary direct access to live absence rates

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Ofsted youth violence inspections: what schools need to know

New joint targeted area inspections will look at how schools and other agencies are preventing violence

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

OCR admits controversial GCSE computer science paper was ‘more difficult’

But top results remained higher than pre-Covid levels after grade boundaries were lowered

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Sponsored post

A new approach to first aid: How St John Ambulance street first aid programme ‘Young Responders’ is impacting communities

Eligible schools are being encouraged to sign up for the free Young Responder workshops which are ideal for PSHE…

Shane Mann
St John Ambulance
Grammar Schools

‘No evidence’ selective school systems boost outcomes

‘Small’ positive boost to grammar school pupils ‘wiped out’ by lesser progress of those who don’t get in, academic…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker