Schools Delayed DBS checks leave teachers waiting in the wings Target to process four in five enhanced checks for education staff missed in August, figures show Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Workload Revealed: The 14 sector leaders on DfE’s workload reduction taskforce Government also promises to update 2019 recruitment strategy, and new toolkit for flexible working Schools Week Reporter 2y Schools Week Reporter 2y Schools Adjudicator backs council’s objections to trust’s year 7 intake cut Case is another example of the disconnect between councils and trusts in school admissions system Jack Dyson 2y Jack Dyson 2y Schools Grammar school told to stop demanding tenancy documents Rules to crackdown on admissions fraud asked for papers from ‘approved letting agent’ to ‘ensure parents had link to… Jack Dyson 2y Jack Dyson 2y Schools Teachers wrongly told they’d failed to make pension payments One teacher said the bungle caused a ‘great deal of upset and unnecessary worry’ Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y RAAC Feature: The RAAC school that moved into Georgian wedding venue 14-hour days, classroom tables in gazebos and scout huts: the inside story of dealing with crumbly concrete Jack Dyson 2y Jack Dyson 2y SEND Exclusive Kent’s mainstream SEND plans ‘put pupils’ chances at risk’ Council’s new target for 80 per cent of pupils with EHCPs in mainstream schools criticised Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Schools Exclusive 30k primary pupils’ data may be at risk after Capita cyber attack Dark web monitored for the information after company was targeted in March Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Ofsted Exclusive Staff ‘bullied’ after talking to Ofsted inspectors Watchdog received ‘credible evidence’ staff were bullied, court documents show Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y ChatGPT Exclusive ChatGPT: One in three teachers use AI to help with school work Proportion of teachers and leaders reporting using the technology has doubled in five months Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Schools Schools in third county lock down as police investigate ‘threatening’ email West Yorkshire Police said it had made an arrest in connection with an email sent to a number of… Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Catch-up NELI catch-up scheme boosted children’s language by 4 months Evaluation also finds pupils eligible for free school meals made even more progress from national roll-out of intervention Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Newer 1 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 976 Older