Schools

Damning probe reveals full scale of failures at scandal special school

‘Unclear’ why Ofsted waited to inspect Harlow Academy after 20 reports of safeguarding failures, review found

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Ex-turnaround trust CEO charged with historic child sex offences

Gareth Mason, who had been on secondment at the Falcon trust, to appear in court later this month

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

ASCL’s election manifesto: 11 stand-out policy proposals

Union unveils proposals for political parties in new election ‘manifesto’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Half of pupils saw social skills decline during Covid, study finds

Policymakers warn pandemic impact stretches beyond the classroom

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher strikes

NAHT members also vote to accept teacher pay deal

Union had secured mandate to strike, but said that is no longer necessary

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher strikes

NASUWT accepts pay deal, but industrial action still going ahead

The teachers’ union said more needs to be done to tackle ‘excessive workload and working hours’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Teacher strikes

NEU members vote to accept 6.5% teacher pay deal

Union says further strikes ‘will not now go ahead in the autumn term’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
ITT review

Snubbed uni slams ‘inconsistent and unfair’ ITT review after ‘good’ Ofsted

Analysis shows 78% of providers denied accreditation have been rated ‘good’ or better under Ofsted’s new framework

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

One in five undergraduate trainee teachers don’t qualify

And proportion of postgraduates gaining qualified teacher status hits a five-year low

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Exams

Teenager arrested in exam board cyber attack investigation

Police confirm 16-year-old boy has been arrested and bailed until later this year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Education APPG chair broke transparency rules, says watchdog

Parliamentary commissioner for standards finds BESA-backed committee failed to publish income and expenditure statements

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Tutoring

Tutoring programme underspend ramps up to £240m

Latest data shows 43% of funding went unspent last financial year

John Dickens
John Dickens