Politics

£11k canapes help guests swallow Zahawi’s climate strategy

Civil servants were barred from the buffet at Natural History Museum launch event

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Zahawi snubs heads’ conference despite being 4 miles away

Education secretary sent video message to NAHT conference, but was in the same town while the event took place

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

‘Sorry if I caused offence’, says MP who claimed teachers broke lockdown rules

In a letter to heads, Michael Fabricant admits ‘error’ in implying lockdown drinks were ‘general practice’ among school staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

School gender pay gap narrows, but slowly

Schools Week analysis shows gaps will take 22 years to close based on current trends

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

Most heads doubt all-academy system will boost outcomes

But a poll suggests DfE plans to let good schools bid to divorce failing trusts will help lessen fears…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Ban primary exclusions, and 5 more recommendations from ex-children’s tsar

Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives calls for end to ‘exclusions culture’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Schools

New DfE powers to ban online teachers amid grooming fears

The government plans to close a series of loopholes in its teacher misconduct regime

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

DfE bins flagship edtech demonstrator programme

Ministers claim scheme which pre-dates the pandemic is no longer needed now schools are open

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and James Carr
Ofsted

Spielman blames ‘vested interests’ for Ofsted ‘fear’

Chief inspector dismisses suggestions Ofsted is contributing to exodus of heads

James Carr
James Carr
Politics

Partygate making it harder to teach ‘honesty and integrity’ – union boss

NAHT’s Paul Whiteman criticises ‘absolute failure of political leadership’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Ministers plan to publish school-level tutoring take-up – and Ofsted will check

Government wants to ‘improve transparency’ and boost take-up, but sector leaders fight the plans

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Pupils with special needs travel hundreds of miles to school

At least 3,000 children travel 20 miles or more away from home

Samantha Booth
Gareth Davies