Covid

Heads blast ministers as Covid thwarts nativities again

Prime minister Boris Johnson urged schools not to cancel nativity plays this week

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Schools in youth violence ‘hotspots’ to lead £30m taskforces scheme

DfE names 10 areas that will get new ‘SAFE’ taskforces

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

DfE misses secondary teacher recruitment target as Covid boom crashes

Just 22 per cent of physics teachers needed were recruited this year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Deputy CEO to step up at top primary trust

REAch2 Academy Trust names its new CEO

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

SEND review has ‘taken too long’, and comms ‘regrettable’ – minister

Will Quince tells MPs DfE ‘could have done better’ in its engagement with stakeholders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
ITT review

ITT market review: what you need to know about new reforms

The Department for Education has published its response to the ITT market review today – setting out finalised reforms…

John Dickens
John Dickens


Covid

Schools targeted by scam NHS emails offering Omicron PCR tests

The DfE is urging schools to be vigilant about fake NHS emails urging readers to order tests ‘to avoid…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher training

DfE delays ITT market review reforms for a year

Providers will now have to comply with new requirements from 2024-25

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Female heads £17k worse-off by end of their careers, report finds

Gender pay gap four times larger for headteachers than teachers, according to analysis

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

£4m cost of failed academy trust, and 5 more ESFA accounts findings

The Education and Skills Funding Agency, which distributes £62 billion of education funding, has published its annual accounts for…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Covid

DfE brings back Covid workforce fund as staff absence rises

But schools will have to use their reserves first to be able to claim

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid-related absence jumps 60% in a fortnight

More than 200,000 pupils were off because of Covid on November 25

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker