Schools

How schools are cutting through the fog on vaping

Some secondary schools resort to exclusions and toilet bans for pupils caught vaping on the premises

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

Mini budget 2022: NI cut, but no extra funding for schools

Chancellor accused of starving public services while prioritising ‘tax cuts for the wealthy’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Recruiter pulls out of school at centre of ‘strike-breaking’ row

Agency says it was ‘completely unaware’ of industrial action at school in dispute with support staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Council cost pressures threaten SEND ‘safety valve’ reforms

Local authorities handed bailout cash warn they may fail to meet conditions as inflation and other issues bite

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Schools’ gas bills could still double despite new cap, DfE poll suggests

But the DfE warns low school response rates mean its national energy survey is ‘not representative’

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Politics

PM asks Malthouse to draw up plans for new grammar schools

New education secretary asked to ‘look at areas that want to have’ grammars, but lifting ban not straightforward

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Exams

More school leavers without university places after exams return

Heads demand better-funded careers advice after official figures show 40,000 applicants were still without a place in mid-September

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Government confirms 6-month energy bills support for schools

School paying £10k a month would save £4k, say ministers as they set out detail of energy plan

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

England’s secondary teachers more likely to leave than Welsh counterparts

But the opposite is the case for primary teachers, new research finds

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Academies minister Baroness Barran reappointed in Truss’s reshuffle

Conservative peer is re-appointed as an education minister, but exact portfolio is yet to be confirmed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Teaching internship scheme widened to chemistry and language students

Programme offers funding for three-week summer internships in schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Unions launch legal action against new ‘strike-breaking’ law

Ministers changed the law this summer to allow agency staff to cover striking workers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker