Schools Exclusive ‘Go further’ on school social care reform, says review author Schools need a seat at the safeguarding ‘table’, says Josh MacAlister, after government kicks reforms down the road Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Schools white paper The schools white paper policy tracker: What’s still left? Survived, delivered, died? Schools Week has attempted to find out updates on each of the 42 main, new policies… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Ofsted Exclusive Absences to wellbeing: Pick a word to guess Ofsted’s rating Analysis reveals the words most commonly used in positive inspection reports, and which ones crop up most in bad… Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Academies Exclusive DfE ditches two key academy proposals White paper policies including 2030 academisation target and plans for council spin-off MATs have been dropped John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Academies Oasis gives up Isle of Sheppey academy where most pupils absent School with four below-‘good’ ratings in a row will become the first to ever leave England’s sixth-largest trust Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Teacher strikes NEU suspends strike in Wales following 6.5% pay offer Welsh government’s offer, which also includes a 1.5% one-off payment, puts Keegan under further pressure to avert strikes Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Prevent review: Schools need ‘independent’ monitoring and better training Shawcross review of counter-extremism duty warns of ‘ambiguity’ of how schools’ compliance is monitored Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Teacher strikes DfE and Ofsted staff will strike again on budget day Walk-out by PCS union members on March 15 will also coincide with the next national teachers’ strike Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Academies Academy trusts expect to raid reserves despite ‘significant’ surpluses Accountants’ report warns trusts face ‘uncertainty’ as costs far outstrip schools’ income Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Schools Evidence not needed for short mental health absence, says DfE Government says GPs are ‘unlikely to be able to offer such evidence to support one-off absences related to mental… Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Teacher strikes Strike-day attendance just 10% among some year groups Analysis also shows poorer pupils were less likely to be in school, and academies were less likely to close Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Teacher training Teach First loses £2m bonuses after ‘inadequate’ recruitment DfE officials noted this year had been ‘challenging’, with the government missing its own targets Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Newer 1 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 989 Older