News

DfE to rename ‘compare schools’ website as league tables return

Government says this will signal to parents not to make ‘direct comparisons’ without asking schools how Covid affected them

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

NEU threatens strikes if teachers not given inflation-busting pay rise

The teachers’ union wants an “undifferentiated” pay rise for all teachers, as inflation soars to 9.1 per cent

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Cleric who said Western women ‘worse than beasts’ banned from running schools

Education secretary bans former private school proprietor who promoted ‘inappropriate’ views about women and gay people

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

AQA investigating reports A-level chemistry paper was leaked

Largest exam board said it will take ‘any action necessary’ as integrity team probes allegations

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Schools told to raid own coffers to get pupils to exams during rail strike

DfE says schools are ‘best placed to prioritise their spending to support their pupils and students’ during biggest rail…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Provide apprenticeship careers talks or face legal action, schools told

Consultation launched on new duty to give pupils six opportunities to hear from further education providers

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Freddie Whittaker


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Tutoring

National Tutoring Programme review delayed until autumn

Independent evaluation to be published two years after launch

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Samantha Booth
Schools

Middlesbrough gets help to tackle absences

Tackling persistent absence has become a key priority for ministers after rates soared during the pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

Unis piloting iQTS scheme fail teacher training re-accreditation

Three of six higher education institutions taking part in iQTS pilot did not get through in the first round…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

DfE orders e-registers and sets new thresholds for absence fines

Schools to be told to modernise the way they collect and record attendance data as government plans absence crackdown

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Ofqual chief admits exam board mistakes caused ‘distress’

Chief regulator Jo Saxton also told school leaders handwriting is ‘here to stay’, and warn they face worse results…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger