Schools

‘Hitler invented antisemitism’: Tackling Holocaust misconceptions and hate in schools

Tom Belger joins teachers visiting Auschwitz amid alarming levels of Holocaust ignorance and antisemitism

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Inclusion

DfE to collect special school capacity data after places crisis exposed

Ministers move to get a grip on special school places shortage after Schools Week investigation

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

Teachers fear 2022 exams will widen attainment gap

‘Impacts of the pandemic on education are far from over,’ new research finds

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Let all girls play football at school, say Lionesses after Euros victory

England women’s squad writes to Tory leadership hopefuls asking them to ‘invest’ in girls’ football

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Assessment

AQA staff plan second walkout days before A-level results

Exam board accuses Unison of trying to disrupt grading meetings

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

1 in 3 teachers spends £200 a month on travel as fuel costs soar

A Teacher Tapp poll also found almost one in five says their household is ‘scraping by’ each month

Tom Belger
Tom Belger


Schools

Truss U-turns on ‘disaster’ plan to cut pay of teachers outside London

The favourite to become the country’s next prime minister said a ‘war on waste’ would save £8.8bn

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Free school firm with two staff wins potential £70bn net zero deal

The Place Group will help schools buy services to hit emissions targets through a new ‘everything net zero’ framework

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Government promise to end 15-year school cash squeeze ‘won’t be met’

The IFS think tank says per-pupil funding will actually be 3 per cent lower in real terms by 2024-25

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

AET risks losing academy over AP failures and discrimination

Ofsted said prominent trust’s school failed to do necessary checks on AP settings or whether pupils attended, risking harm

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

‘A race to the bottom’: Pay rises push struggling schools to the brink

More than two in five leaders say they will need to consider job cuts without further government cash

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Assessment

Minister promises to get tough on exam board mistakes – again

Ofqual could take ‘regulatory action’, but previous ministerial criticisms and watchdog fines do not appear to be preventing problems

Tom Belger
Tom Belger