Schools

Information watchdog sounds alarm over live school attendance tracker

DfE failed to properly assess risk of collection of pupil data now used by 14,000 schools nationwide, says ICO

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Follow ‘evidence not ideology’ on grammar schools, ministers told

‘Evidence broker’ boss warns expanding selection is ‘unlikely’ to reduce inequality

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Energy support delays could prove costly as schools in limbo

Leaders ‘totally in the dark’ more than a week after Truss’s vague pledge

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Unusual school job advert seeks to put applicants off

‘I am grateful for your interest, but I am going to try and discourage you from applying’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

DfE scheme to lure back physics teachers recruits just 23 in two years

The Government scheme had prioritised the reinstatement of former physics teachers but numbers of those recruited show its efforts…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

Malthouse set to appoint ex-No 10 education policy adviser

Rory Gribbell would replace Mark Lehain as adviser to the education secretary, but decision with No 10

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Phil Denton, CEO of the online SEF tool Evaluate-Ed, comes from a career in Headship, here he discusses the…

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Evaluate-Ed
Schools

Secondary schools face 6,000 trainee teacher shortfall

Analysis shows the government is thousands off its teacher target this year – with recruitment also getting worse

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

Grammar school supporting MP appointed as DfE minister

Former teacher Jonathan Gullis – who led a campaign to lift the ban on opening new grammar schools –…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

DfE goes shy on ‘try before you buy’ academy deals

The government has quietly slashed funding for trust partnerships, unveiled only last year to revive its multi-academy trust drive

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Governor poll lays bare sector divides over DfE MAT drive

School governors increasingly value their multi-academy trusts – but many standalone and maintained school boards are not yet convinced

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Schools should close on September 19 for Queen’s funeral, says DfE

The day has been declared a bank holiday

Billy Camden
Billy Camden