Politics ‘Omnishambles’: Schools suffer another chaotic week in government Conservatives play politics as schools hit by soaring deficits, growing attainment gaps, strikes on the horizon and reforms in… Samantha Booth 3y Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth 3y Schools Exclusive Languages ‘attainment benchmarks’ proposed to boost GCSE take-up DfE will appoint panel to draw up non-statutory guidance for languages education for 7 to 14-year-olds Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Schools Investigation ‘Untenable’: Council schools in deficit soar as costs keep rising Policy experts said the dire situation could ‘force’ local authorities to ‘relinquish’ their maintained schools Freddie Whittaker 3y Donna Ferguson 3y Schools Inspectors gave clean bill of health to schools where children were sexually abused Seven-year inquiry identifies ‘many shortcomings’ in systems of protection, regulation, oversight and enforcement Schools Week Reporter 3y Schools Week Reporter 3y Academies New £100k grants for ‘strong’ trusts to take on top-rated schools The cash will help trusts build improvement capacity by taking on ‘capacity giver’ schools as part of £86m fund John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Exams The return of school league tables: 7 key findings Languages hold back EBacc, gender gap narrows and SEND pupils fall further behind Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Exams Secondary school disadvantage gap widens to largest in 10 years Social mobility expert says government needs ‘to step up to the challenge immediately. There is no time to lose’ Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Politics Exclusive DfE scrambles to save key policies as schools bill set for axe Ministers and officials work on last-ditch plan to bring back priority proposals in different legislation Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Introducing students to careers in the NHS with work experience in partnership with Speakers for Schools Applications are now open for the NHS NextGen Nurse programme, offering free placements for 10,000 14-19 year olds Speakers for Schools 3y Speakers for Schools 3y Politics NEU pencils in teacher and support staff strikes for early 2023 Ballots for strike action among teachers and support staff will open next week, union confirms Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Exams DfE delays ‘devastating’ level 2 qualification reforms for a year Ministers want to streamline the level 2 post-16 qualifications market Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Politics NAHT will ballot heads for strike over pay for the first time Unprecedented move from union with 35,000 members follows poll which showed most backed industrial action Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 972 Older