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Sustainability and education: Brighter futures

A look into sustainability within schools, eco-anxiety in the classroom and what Pearson is doing to support

Pearson
Pearson
Politics

DfE monitors staff after edict to return to the office

Senior civil servants will be able to see which employees haven’t attended an office for 30 days

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

‘Not enough supply staff’ to plug teacher strike gaps, warn agencies

Agencies question proposed new laws letting temporary workers fill in for striking staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Universities told to advertise drop-out rates

Government says plans will give students ‘genuine choice’ about where to study

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

£82m scheme helps to deliver fast broadband to rural primaries

Government says thousands of schools will benefit from joint DCMS-DfE investment

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies, Politics

Zahawi guts his own schools bill in humiliating climbdown

The controversial new powers – including academy standards – will be revisited once a regulation review has concluded

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Schools

Ofsted warns new ‘coasting schools’ powers could fuel ‘quick fixes’

DfE will plough on with ordering more schools to academise or join new trusts, despite fears reforms will hit…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Exams

Private schools over-inflated GCSEs during Covid, analysis suggests

But academics say it’s ‘still not clear’ why private schools issued more generous grades than expected

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

DfE launches regulatory review to ‘future proof’ academy trusts

Amanda Spielman, Leora Cruddas and trust representatives will advise Baroness Barran on accountability reforms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

AQA staff vote in favour of strike action over pay

Unison considering ‘next steps’ after 71% vote for industrial action it claims could disrupt exam results

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

1 in 3 teachers says year 9s don’t get regular music lessons

Poll also shows 2 in 5 primary pupils lack access to free instrument teaching as DfE sets out new…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
SEND

All heads should have a SENCo qualification, says minister

Will Quince also hints at possible row-back on controversial EHCP mandatory mediation proposal

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth