Exams

Special school teacher banned over Covid grade ‘dishonesty’

Case appears to be the first sanctions issued for misconduct relating to teacher grades used during the pandemic

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

20k pupils in unregistered alternative provision, study finds

Calls for statutory registration and ‘light-touch’ regulation to ensure vulnerable children are ‘brought back into view’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Backlash over glue gun misconduct hearing

Teacher with ‘unblemished’ career avoids ban but is found guilty of ‘unacceptable professional behaviour’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Tory adviser returns to DfE in schools policy role

Rory Gribbell swaps party political role for civil service gig

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Academies

Fact check: Do council schools really outperform academies?

Local Government Association analysis has some major flaws – here’s what you need to know…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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