Schools 9 key findings from the 2022 school workforce census Record number of teachers quit, vacancies rocket and sickness soars – everything you need to know about the state… Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Join the educational extravaganza: Festival of Education returns The final countdown has commenced for the 13th Festival of Education, with keynotes from Eddie Izzard, Amanda Spielman, Paul… Shane Mann 2y Festival of Education 2y SEND Half of SEND children now waiting beyond legal limit for support Outstanding SEND tribunals also up almost 70 per cent in a year as system creaks under pressure Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Covid Teacher sickness absence soars in wake of pandemic More than 3.2 million working days were missed due to illness last year Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Schools Record rate of teacher departures as 40,000 quit sector last year New workforce data for 2022 shows 7,800 more teachers quit the profession for reasons other than retirement Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Free school meals Two million children now eligible for free school meals Eligibility has increased by 40 per cent since the Covid pandemic began Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Recruitment and retention 7 bleak findings that show school recruitment crisis is intensifying Researchers warn of ‘perfect storm’ of teacher shortages, career moves and a tight labour market Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Ofsted We’ll ‘take action’ to support heads, says Keegan after Perry family meeting But no further details of the government’s plan have been released Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Schools New school safeguarding guidance emphasises online safety duties Move follows suicide of pupil Frankie Thomas who accessed harmful material on school iPad Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Recruitment Exclusive DfE ‘assessing’ potential teacher recruitment hit from university marking boycott Government tells ITT providers it’s ‘assessing the scale and likelihood’ of potential disruption to recruits waiting on degrees amid… Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Covid Covid legacy will ‘damage prospects of a generation’, warn MPs Committee warns pandemic will ‘entrench disadvantage’ without further intervention from government Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Private schools Labour’s private school VAT raid sums may be £600m out, says think tank EDSK says calculations are ‘flawed’, but Labour defends costings of plan to remove charitable status Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Newer 1 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 980 Older