Schools

DfE plans to check pupil capacity in secondary schools

Local authorities could then use the updated numbers to force schools to take more pupils

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Sixth form college staff walk out in strike over pay

First national teacher strike in six years launches at post-16 settings as union continues ballot of school staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE pledges £21m to train educational psychologists

Ministers agree extension of current scheme which provides free doctorates for those who agree to work for councils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE misses secondary teacher recruitment target by over 40%

‘Catastrophic’ ITT recruitment data also shows primary target was missed by 7% for this year

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Exams

Plan B guidance for 2023 exams confirmed

Schools sound workload warnings over contingency plans for next summer’s GCSEs and A-levels

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Oak National Academy

Oak National Academy quango judicial review launched

Trade bodies claim quango poses ‘existential risk’ to sector viability, but Oak says legal action is ‘extremely disappointing’

John Dickens
John Dickens


Ofsted, SEND

Improving councils can get top SEND marks under new inspections

Ofsted amends new framework after complaints its proposals would ‘set the bar too high’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Mental health

Seven things you need to know about children’s mental health

One in four 17 to 19-year-olds have a probable mental health disorder, finds NHS survey

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Three-quarters of school staff stressed, report warns

Senior leaders were more likely to report feeling stressed, with more than four in five doing so

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

SEND review response coming ‘early’ next year, and 3 things we learned at education questions

Ministers faced questions from MPs in the House of Commons

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Welcome to the academy trust merger era

New analysis of government figures shows 2,460 trusts were running schools in October, down by 100 or 3.9% year…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

Vaccine taskforce book for schools could prove a long shot

‘We’ve forgotten vaccines, we take them for granted’

Amy Walker
Amy Walker