Schools

Levelling-up white paper: 9 things schools need to know

New ‘UK National Academy’ planned to ‘stretch’ children ‘beyond the curriculum’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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How to bring out the artist in every child with Sky Arts

Make 2022 a year of creativity with Access All Arts – a free, jam-packed, fun-filled celebration of the arts…

Sky Arts
Sky Arts
Ofsted

No need to design your own curriculum, Ofsted tells primaries

Smaller schools can pool their resources when developing curriculum, watchdog says

James Carr
James Carr
Exams

Swap ‘cliff-edge’ GCSEs for ‘test when ready’, says exams review

Independent Assessment Commission says qualifications are ‘inequitable and unreliable’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

DfE clamps down on loophole allowing fraudsters in classrooms

New banning powers would also apply to ex-teachers and those in online schools

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

55 ‘education investment areas’ named for £3k teacher retention payments

DfE wants 90% of primary pupils to meet ‘expected standard’, but ‘levelling up’ announcement includes no new money

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Politics

Police won’t investigate DfE Christmas party, but Sue Gray findings withheld

Party was allegedly instigated by Gavin Williamson to ‘thank staff’ and attended by Susan Acland-Hood

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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KS3 resources for teachers and students to support learning, homework, and revision

BBC Bitesize is refreshing its KS3 core subjects, by launching 100+ new guides all linked to the KS3 curriculum…

BBC Bitesize
BBC Bitesize
Schools

Schools should be judged on pupil inclusion – not just exams, think tank says 

Proposed metrics would measure admissions, attendance and exclusions

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

Covid building shortages and price hikes delay school opening

Lyde Green families were left scrambling for places, as soaring construction demand worldwide pushes up material costs and lead…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

‘Epidemic of anxiety’: Special schools feel brunt of Omicron surge

Special schools battle higher rates of staff and pupil absence

James Carr
James Carr
SEND

Councils with SEND cash black holes to get new cost-cutter visits

Ministers ‘laying the foundations’ for new reforms under delayed SEND review

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth