Schools

Rebuild snub for over half of schools ‘at risk of closure’

Most ‘exceptional cases’ applications for flagship rebuilding programme miss out

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SEND

Success! Councils required to boost special school funding by 3.4%

New requirement comes after Schools Week’s ‘SEND robbery’ campaign, but leaders say rise ‘won’t fully alleviate challenges’

John Dickens
Samantha Booth and John Dickens
News

Pupil premium rates to rise by 5% from April

Increases of £70 per child at primary and £50 at secondary will help ’embed tutoring in schools long-term’, government…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

BTEC and CTEC delays: 21k students affected, Ofqual review finds

Five-point plan produced to avoid repeat as exam board reports blame ‘complex’ Covid rules and inexperienced exams officers

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Schools

NAHT deputy general secretary to take up charity CEO role

Nick Brook, who has been in post at the school leaders’ union for six years, has been appointed CEO…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Exams

43% rise in pupils caught cheating after exams return

Student penalties up more than two-fifths in 2022 compared to 2019, with mobile phones making up the majority of…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker


News

Key findings: Has the flagship NTP delivered what ministers promised?

Ministers meet overall target, but fewer schools take up scheme so far this year – and tutoring league tables…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

Link family income data to pupil attainment, says EPI

Think tank warns changing profile of group eligible for free school meals mean it’s not a simple metric for…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

Unions get green-light to challenge ‘strike-breaking’ law in court

Judicial reviews brought by the TUC, NASUWT and Unison will be heard in March

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted annual report 2021-22: 11 things we learned

Watchdog issues warnings over uninspected schools, part-time timetables and its lack of powers over ‘chaotic’ and ‘unsafe’ illegal schools

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Ofsted

Ofsted: School workforce crisis ‘compounding’ catch-up problems

Recruitment and retention of staff must be ‘urgently addressed’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher training

Teacher training: DfE to scrap school direct fee-funded route

Ministers are also considering rolling the school direct salaried route into their postgrad teaching apprenticeship

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker