Schools Investigation Special schools left ‘begging’ councils for tax hike cash One trust considers legal action over £400,000 loss, while council says it will scrutinise pay before handing out cash James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Great Science Teaching Survey 2022 Share your experience of working in science education Royal Society of Chemistry 3y Royal Society of Chemistry 3y News DfE: 1 in 5 secondary schools full or over capacity A population bulge is moving from the primary to secondary phase James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Covid 270 million in-person school days missed due to Covid last year Absences rose more than five-fold in first full year of the pandemic Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Zahawi ‘considering’ potential of more online exams The DfE has revealed is first set of digital and technology standards for schools James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Schools Spring statement: Chancellor will review apprenticeship levy But announcement contains no extra help for schools with rising energy bills Freddie Whittaker 3y Shane Chowen and Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools DfE pledges £150m to get high speed internet to all schools by 2025 Schools in ‘priority areas’ to get cash to improve broadband connections James Carr 3y James Carr 3y SATs Exclusive DfE won’t say when KS1 SATs will be scrapped Doubts cast on plans to make tests non-statutory from next year after government pencils-in dates for 2024 Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Teacher training Teacher targets for popular subjects set to be missed as recruitment challenges ‘re-emerge’ Five key findings that show the recruitment and retention challenges are back Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Schools Design and technology take-up has halved in a decade Think tank warns subject will continue to decline if ministers don’t take action encourage take-up Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Ofsted Ofsted downgrades England’s biggest free school amid safety concerns Ofsted were called in for an emergency inspection after footage surfaced of canteen brawl James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Covid Covid pupil absences triple in two weeks and almost 1 in 10 teachers off DfE data shows Covid disruption to schools is on the rise again Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 973 Older