Covid

All 5 to 11-year-olds to be offered Covid vaccine

Javid accepts JCVI recommendation of ‘non-urgent offer’ of paediatric dose to all primary-aged pupils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

DfE extends Covid school workforce fund until Easter

Staff fund extended until April 8

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Schools face Progress 8 drop as early entries left out of league tables

Leaders renew calls for league tables to be scrapped this year after DfE says results from early entries won’t…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

DfE ‘pauses’ diocese academy drive after legal challenge

Unions have challenged the DfE’s decision to approve Catholic Diocese of Hallam conversions before governing bodies had voted

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

Everything you need to know about the ESFA review

The agency will be stripped of academy oversight, lose hundreds of staff and face a governance shakeup after the…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Politics

DfE publishes ESFA review and reorganisation plans

Government confirms move to nine RSC regions and for a new ‘dedicated’ schools group at the DfE

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Ofsted

Ofsted extends curriculum grace period to September 2022

Here’s what schools and teacher trainers need to know about the latest inspection update

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Mental health

5 tips for schools on mental health support

Always refer and be flexible, charity says

Schools Week Reporter
Hannah Kinsey
Mental health

Mental health solutions? Early intervention and more support inside schools

A ‘complete rethink’ is needed, experts say

Jess Staufenberg
Jessica Staufenberg and Samantha Booth
Academies

Education director leaves E-ACT as CEO remains suspended

Staff told senior leader would be absent ‘for the foreseeable future’

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

Fresh calls for MAT inspections after trust gets 3 ‘inadequates’

Ofsted cannot inspect academy trusts despite almost a decade of pressure for new powers

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Mental health

Speech and language therapists ‘completely booked out’

Demand for support is outstripping supply

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg