Tutoring Exclusive National Tutoring Programme target for poorer pupils ditched Tutor firms will no longer have to reach at least two-thirds of poorer pupils Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Ofsted Ofsted delays ECF and NPQ provider inspections Full inspections of lead providers will start from spring 2023 Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Academies DfE cancels 19 academy orders after legal challenge Ministers U-turn after signing off academy orders for Catholic Hallam diocese schools without governor approval Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Schools Abuse inquiry demands tougher school safeguarding rules The indendent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) wants to fix ‘shortcomings’ in safeguarding training, data-sharing, checks and sanctions Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Ofsted AET school hit by strike action rated ‘inadequate’ Inspectors found girls faced abusive language from ‘over-sexualised’ boys James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Schools Exclusive Government ‘gaming the figures’ on £24m breakfast club scheme Freedom of information data shows over half of the clubs involved so far are not new Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Academies Exclusive Catholic turnaround trust eyes coasting or cash-strapped schools Such new trusts could help the DfE fix low Christian academisation rates and the chronic problem of schools strugging… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Academies Admissions watchdog: Top school risks ‘cherry picking’ accusations Holland Park told to overhaul admissions policy after breaching seven admission rules for sixth formers Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Schools Flooded classrooms and collapsed roofs: Schools count cost of storms One school suffered over £40,000 worth of damage in the recent bad weather James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Covid Schools left to decide on turning away pupils with Covid symptoms Unions say schools are in an ‘impossible position’ as Covid requirements ease, with fears of conflict with parents Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Ofsted Exclusive Free school wins reinspection after Ofsted conflict of interest allegation Doncaster’s XP East complained about ‘unprofessional conduct’ of inspection team over ‘requires improvement’ rating James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Teacher training Exclusive Cambridge refuses to reapply for teacher training over ‘prescriptive’ reforms Top uni concerned about ‘important inconsistencies’ in reforms set out in initial teacher training review Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Newer 1 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 989 Older