Schools

Prestigious sixth-form drops ‘sir’ and ‘miss’ over cultural misogyny

The term ‘miss’ conjures up images of Edwardian shop assistants and plays into a ‘gendered view’ of the world,…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Teacher strikes

Unions plan joint school staff meetings to ‘maximise’ strike votes

In ‘almost unprecedented show of solidarity’, unions ask all schools to adopt approach in ‘battle for the very future…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND review

Revealed: The 21 experts to oversee roll-out of SEND reforms

Board members tasked with holding government to account for ‘timely development and improvement’ of SEND system

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Teacher retention commission: 8 proposals to stem exodus

Report calls for review of teacher hours, retention targets and sabbaticals for headteachers every five years

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

NAHT mulls joining campaigners for Ofsted legal action

Whiteman favours ‘single collaborative approach’ over a ‘series of separate legal actions’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

DfE and Ofsted staff offered one-off £1,500 in pay dispute

Offer would apply to all civil servants on grade 6 or below, including inspectors

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Exams

The key trends in 2023 GCSE and A-level entries

Boost in popularity for maths, computing and classical subjects, but language and creative subjects in trouble

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SATs

Scaled scores for 2023 key stage 1 SATs announced

DfE reveals how many marks pupils will need to reach its ‘expected standard’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Revealed: The five advisers who will support DfE’s sex education review

Panel includes academy bosses, women’s health ambassador, chief social worker and lawyer who liked controversial tweets

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

Familiar face returns to DfE schools adviser role

Teacher training reforms architect back at the DfE after eight-month stint at University of Exeter

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

OCR to review difficulty of GCSE computer science paper

Follows backlash over exam leaving pupils ‘completely disheartened’ and warning it will put more youngsters off the subject

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Funding plea as children wait ‘years’ for NHS appointments

Almost 230,000 children on community health waiting lists for services like speech and language therapy and autism checks

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson