Recruitment and retention

The problems (and solutions) for teacher recruitment and retention

Key findings from three new EEF studies on teacher workload, flexible working and school leadership

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Covid

Williamson opposed masks in schools because he didn’t want to ‘surrender’ to unions

Evidence to the Covid-inquiry claims the former education secretary ‘didn’t want to give an inch’ to the education unions…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Just 1 in 6 schools commit to keep tutoring when cash runs out

Five key findings from Ofsted and NFER evaluations into government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Key findings from the DfE’s EYFS reform evaluation report

Most schools have changed their curriculum ‘approach’ as a result of reforms to the early years framework

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
AI

Oak gets another £2m to expand AI quizzes and lesson planner

First step to ‘providing every teacher with personalised artificial intelligence lesson-planning assistant’, says government

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Ofsted

Ruth Perry inquest will not examine whether state failed to protect her

Perry was in contact with the mental health crisis team five days after an Ofsted inspection, an inquest pre-hearing…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Pensions

School pension contributions to rise – but government will fund (for now)

The rise of more than 20% for state schools will be funded by government, but private schools left out…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Childcare

£289m wraparound childcare scheme: what schools need to know

Schools will have ‘central’ role – but not all primaries will have to deliver childcare

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
School funding

£40m ‘hardship fund’: Council schools in just 35 areas to get help

Government also confirms the cash to help schools afford teacher pay rise will be for one year only

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Home education

Councils urged to create ‘voluntary’ home education registers

DfE also recommends data-sharing with police and GPs as plans for a compulsory register remain in the long grass

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Labour would scrap minimum service levels for schools

Bridget Phillipson says ‘attack on the rights of working people’ is an ‘admission of failure’ over last year’s pay…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted has ‘moved too far’ from outcomes data, says former chief

Wilshaw also says inspections don’t look ‘enough’ at teaching quality, and warns single-phrase judgments give parents ‘false comfort’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth