Schools

Trusts get £1m for Oak lessons copyright amid September 2023 launch plan

DfE felt it was ‘appropriate’ curriculum partners were paid for licensing

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

DfE forks out £5m for Covid inquiry lawyers

The department has contracted a global legal firm based in Manchester for five years

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Academies

Council to lend academy £1m for Holland Park bid as Harris also enters battle

A standalone academy co-sponsored by Kensington and Chelsea is vying with Harris and United Learning to run the scandal-hit…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Government withholds SEND bailouts as councils told to fill £269m hole

Some DfE bailout payments were delayed as councils failed to hit agreed targets, while all councils are being told…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Sponsored post

Sustainability and education: Brighter futures

A look into sustainability within schools, eco-anxiety in the classroom and what Pearson is doing to support

Pearson
Pearson
Politics

DfE monitors staff after edict to return to the office

Senior civil servants will be able to see which employees haven’t attended an office for 30 days

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Politics

‘Not enough supply staff’ to plug teacher strike gaps, warn agencies

Agencies question proposed new laws letting temporary workers fill in for striking staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Universities told to advertise drop-out rates

Government says plans will give students ‘genuine choice’ about where to study

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

£82m scheme helps to deliver fast broadband to rural primaries

Government says thousands of schools will benefit from joint DCMS-DfE investment

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies, Politics

Zahawi guts his own schools bill in humiliating climbdown

The controversial new powers – including academy standards – will be revisited once a regulation review has concluded

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Ofsted warns new ‘coasting schools’ powers could fuel ‘quick fixes’

DfE will plough on with ordering more schools to academise or join new trusts, despite fears reforms will hit…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Exams

Private schools over-inflated GCSEs during Covid, analysis suggests

But academics say it’s ‘still not clear’ why private schools issued more generous grades than expected

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker