Solutions

Can childcare fill primary schools’ empty classrooms?

On-site childcare delivers many benefits for schools, but ‘practical issues’ face leaders considering renting out vacated spaces

John Dickens
John Dickens
Solutions

Our commitment to solutions journalism

We will keep exposing the issues facing schools, but can we provide extra value by doing a better job…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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The View From Next Gen

Ian Tufts is Chief Technology Officer at ParentPay Group and as part of his role, he oversees the work…

SIMS Next Gen
SIMS Next Gen
Politics

Council attendance staff cuts 50 times bigger than new support

DfE has hired 13 absence advisers, but investigation suggests over 600 attendance staff have been slashed from councils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Keeping their heads? School leader turnover rises by a third

‘We’re seeing the resumption of a downward trend in leadership retention’

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Covid

How Covid hit poorer pupils harder: 6 COSMO study key findings

The pandemic has “severely widened existing inequalities” between poorer pupils and their better-off peers, a report on the impact…

Donna Ferguson
Donna Ferguson


News

BTEC and CTEC results delays: 6 things we learned

Officials grilled by MPs on scale of the delays, the impact on pupils and the action being taken to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted snubs calls for annual safeguarding audits

Yvette Stanley, national director for social care at Ofsted, said safeguarding could not be separated from the “culture and…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

NEU will ballot sixth form college teachers as 85% back strike

Indicative ballot result is first official sign of support in the sector for walkouts over pay, with school teachers…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Private schools under investigation for gaming teacher grades

Exam boards are investigating malpractice at some independent schools after ‘credible evidence’ they over-inflated grades

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

Use empty school buildings for childcare, says de Souza

Children’s commissioner also calls for an extended school day to address gaps in provision for older children

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE removes trans charity Mermaids from school wellbeing resources

Department said move was precautionary amid ongoing investigation into safeguarding allegations

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth