Academies

DfE ‘misreporting’ data to back academies drive, claims NEU

Government’s case for full academisation is ‘flawed’, say union leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Pupil self-isolation advice slashed to 3 days

Heads question guidance changes and end to free testing as Covid continues to disrupt schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Just half of secondary teachers tell parents about action on ‘falling behind’ pupils

Informing families about interventions for pupils behind in English and maths is a key strand of the DfE’s new…

James Carr
James Carr
SEND review

SEND review won’t repeat ‘mistakes of the past’ – Zahawi

Education secretary says system is failing and reform is ‘long overdue’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid: In-school vaccination programme to end this week

Schools still asked to ‘signpost’ alternative vaccination routes for pupils

James Carr
James Carr
Academies

New Schools Network loses DfE free schools support contract

Premier Advisory Group will take over DfE-funded free school application support from the NSN after 12 years

Tom Belger
Tom Belger


Covid

New teachers won’t have to extend induction because of Covid absence

New teachers will be able to progress to second-year induction even if they miss more than 30 days, with…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
SEND

SEND review: What schools need to know

The much-delayed review of the SEND and AP systems was first launched in 2019

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
SEND review

SEND review: The proposed reforms to alternative provision

Changes to the way AP is funded and used by schools have been put forward by the government

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

White paper: DfE reveals the ‘coasting’ schools facing intervention

Ministers will prioritise schools in investment areas and with ‘long-term underperformance’

James Carr
James Carr
Academies

White paper: What academy shakeup means for trusts, councils and schools

Trusts should have 10+ schools, councils will run academies and good schools may exit trusts in shakeup of ‘messy’…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Revealed: 24 ‘priority’ areas to split £40m improvement cash

DfE also almost doubles academy trust growth funding for the next three years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker