Schools

‘Grim news’: Secondary teacher recruits fall a third short

Schools will now need a teacher retention boost to avoid recruitment crisis worsening, experts say

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
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Created in collaboration with leading academics, A New Direction, UNICEF UK, British Science Association and We The Curious

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News

Promised special free schools fail to open

The first schools were due to open from this month. But Schools Week analysis found just one in its…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Ministers ‘drag heels’ over ‘crucial’ fire safety advice

‘Crucial’ consultation on fire safety closed over a year ago

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

MP’s grammar schools push likely to be delayed if schools bill shelved

Tory grandee Sir Graham Brady says schools legislation needed for amendment in favour of new selective schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Exams

Ofqual seeks schools’ evidence on BTEC results delays

Two week window to open for schools to submit evidence on summer delays

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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