Schools Pupil numbers to shrink by 12% over the next decade Government revises down 2032 pupil number prediction in the face of ‘notably lower birth projections’ Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Governor vacancies hit six-year high as most boards report unfilled posts The NGA says trusts and schools are struggling to recruit and boards are getting older – with just 1… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y safeguarding Assess wellbeing risk of strip searches before calling police, schools told DfE updates guidance on searching, screening and confiscation in wake of Child Q scandal Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker and Freddie Whittaker 3y Exams Fine exam boards for GCSE errors, education MPs demand Exams regulator Ofqual will ‘consider regulatory action’ Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Politics Quince appointed schools minister as caretaker roles confirmed Brendan Clarke-Smith gets children’s brief in shake-up following mass resignations Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Academies DfE reveals trust leaders advising on review of academy regulation Two-thirds of the advisory group represent academy trusts, with the DfE planning the regulatory overhaul despite a climbdown over… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Exams ‘Stressful and exhausting’: Ofqual report exposes teacher grade woes Survey also shows over half of teachers felt pressured to change their grades last year by either leaders or… Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y SATs SATs: Calls for ‘immediate investigation’ after new claims of wrong results Heads’ union said it has been given ‘no clear answer’ from ministers over latest Capita issues Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Covid School attendance hits five-month low, workforce absence soars Nearly one in 10 secondary school teachers were off last week, DfE estimates Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Half of schools will miss out on rebuilds – as only 61 more handed cash More than 1,100 schools applied for Boris Johnson’s school rebuilding programme, but numbers are capped at 500 Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Academies, Politics Labour plans to curtail academy freedoms in schools bill amendment Opposition seizes on government infighting – finally revealing its own plans for academies Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Ministers have ‘limited’ agenda to improve teaching, says ex-DfE boss ‘Structural reorganisation is easy,’ says former permanent secretary Jonathan Slater, who warns of ‘disconnect’ from frontline teachers Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Newer 1 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 977 Older
