Exams

Only use exam board websites to access advance information, schools told

Boards are trying to prevent misinformation spreading online

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

Ministers told to beef up waning pupil vaccination rates

Calls come as new data shows poorer pupils are the least likely to be vaccinated

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

‘Elite’ sixth forms: Will they work?

Councils question plans to open new 16 to 19 free schools, while leaders warn expansion could affect existing provision

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Honours committee for education to get new chair

Harris Federation chief Sir Dan Moynihan to step down

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Legal threats and governor revolts: Inside the mass academisation of Catholic schools

The Catholic MAT drive boosts the DfE’s flagging academy agenda, and dioceses say schools are reaping rewards – but…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

Fewer than 1 in 100 schools affected by ‘levelling-up’ academies plan

DfE wants ‘successive’ ‘requires improvement’ and ‘inadequate’ schools moved into MATs

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Ofsted

Ofsted swoops after brawl in school canteen on TikTok

School receives unannounced visit following complaints from parents

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

‘Investment area’ schools have £19m of repairs cash cut

Shake-up of school condition allocation grants will leave trusts, councils and dioceses tens of millions worse-off

Tom Belger
Tom Belger and Samantha Booth
News

Schools can be ‘nominated’ for rebuilding programme

Ministers will also select up to 300 projects at once for the next phase of the scheme

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Behaviour and exclusions consultation: What schools need to know

Don’t use ‘no exclusion’ policies and set out mobile phone use mitigations, government says

James Carr
James Carr
News

Plans for register of home educated children hang on extra funding

Key details – such as how sanctions for non-compliance would work – also still to be ‘worked through’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Ministers should ‘seriously consider’ revoking Randstad’s NTP contract, says Halfon

Education committee chair makes major intervention over tutor scheme

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth