Exams

Ofqual to research impact of advance information to inform ‘future years’

Dr Jo Saxton says the measure was ‘really exciting’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

DfE restructure delays advisory board election results

Ministers are considering adding a ninth regional schools commissioner

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Council tells heads to ‘self-manage’ Covid outbreaks

Local authority tells schools to stop reporting Covid cases amid an ‘increase demand on public health services’

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

Warm welcome: The schools offering ‘sanctuary’ to Afghan refugees

Thousands of children evacuated from Kabul have been placed in England’s schools. We talk to leaders about their ‘moral…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools white paper

DfE considers council-run MATs to achieve academy ambition

Ministers ‘open to slightly different models of partnership’ as schools white paper looms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Sponsored post

Perseverance and dedication of The Bourne Academy staff and learners are recognised at the BTEC Awards

Bournemouth’s Bourne Academy were the worthy winners last June as they were awarded the prestigious BTEC Award for School…

Pearson BTEC
Pearson BTEC


Academies, Covid

MATs gain schools and record cash boost amid Covid

Academies boasted record levels of spare cash and continued to expand amid the pandemic, Kreston’s annual benchmarking report shows

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News, Sponsored post

The Pearson National Teaching Awards: Who Are You Nominating This Year? 

We are fast approaching a special time of the year for everyone working in education, and no, it’s not…

Teaching Awards Trust
Teaching Awards Trust
Schools

DfE trialling ‘real-time’ attendance tracker to cut absences

‘Less burdensome’ automated data collection hailed as ‘first step to more efficient approach’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Catch-up

Heads want tutor money directly after NTP ‘bureaucratic nightmare’

Staff ‘don’t have the capacity’ to sign pupils up to flagship programme

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Schools must publish improvement plans in absence crackdown

The DfE is consulting on more prescriptive absence rules, ordering schools to be ‘proactive’ and councils to use their…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

Record high of 1 in 25 pupils off with Covid as confirmed cases double

A quarter of schools have more than 15 per cent of teachers off – nearly double the rate in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker