Teacher pay

NASUWT votes to ‘mobilise’ for industrial action over pay

Both main teachers’ unions have now put strikes on the table, after the NEU voted for an indicative ballot…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Statistics watchdog investigates DfE’s academy claims

Union complains about ‘disgraceful, deliberate misuse of statistics’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Ex-minister’s academy trust handed £4m ‘Latin excellence’ contract

Future Academies was founded by former minister Lord Nash

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

Teacher who may never work again after assault gets £850k payout

The compensation is understood to be one of the largest single payouts made to an education professional

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

MP’s claim teachers broke lockdown rules ‘insulting and offensive’

Conservative Michael Fabricant under fire for comments made while defending Boris Johnson over partygate

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

NEU conference: Shadow education secretary heckled over Ofsted

Labour wants to reform the watchdog, while the National Education Union favours abolition

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


News

Pupils with high temperature should not sit exams, new guidance states

Unions dumbfounded why free testing has not been brought back for exam pupils, rather than current ‘Covid guessing game’

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

Year 11s still missing one in 10 lessons as exams near

Pupil absences ‘remain stubbornly high’ as exam season approaches

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

DfE will no longer publish school Covid absence updates

Leaders warn ‘having no stats doesn’t mean Covid has disappeared’

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

Pupil attendance falls again as Covid closures double

Despite overall Covid absences falling, the number of pupils missing school due to closures doubled to 34,000

James Carr
James Carr
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Covid

Nine things we learned from Ofsted’s latest education recovery research

The watchdog found schools struggling with staff shortages, unclear Covid measures and identifying learning gaps

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Tom Belger