Teacher training Staff have to ‘drop something’ to fit in ECF, provider admits Here’s what we learned from the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers annual conference this week Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Covid Covid: Secondary schools to test returning pupils on-site in January Schools have just a few days to order test kits after sudden government announcement Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Academies Exclusive Fresh faces likely as voting opens for academy advisory boards A total of 164 candidates are standing, up from 135 at the last election in 2017 Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Teacher pay Long read Apprentice teaching assistants: Exploitation or opportunity? Some schools and trusts are offering TA apprentices less than £7,000 a year Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Covid Exclusive Classroom carbon dioxide levels up to three times above watchdog guidelines Some school leaders say CO2 monitors provided by DfE are having no impact James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Covid DfE appoints just 5 attendance advisers (after years of council cuts) DfE says tens of organisations will benefit from expert advice James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Schools Rethink ‘flawed’ MFL GCSE reforms, heads and exam boards urge Nine organisations question plan to make students learn a set of up to 1,700 frequently-used words Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Exams Autumn GCSE exam entries drop two thirds Exams organised for pupils unhappy with teacher-assessed grades receive just 5,700 entries Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y School funding Investigate trusts amassing ‘substantial reserves’, watchdog tells DfE A report found mainstream school finances had “held up well” in recent years, despite austerity cuts and other funding… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Covid Covid taking bigger toll on school staff wellbeing, study finds This year 62% of school staff said the pandemic contributed to poor mental health, up from 33% in 2020 James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Ofsted Large online educators face £10k bill for Ofsted accreditation visits The watchdog has warned the online education sector is currently ‘completely unregulated’ James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Politics Improve outreach work if you want to charge higher fees, universities told John Blake appointed to help regulator push institutions to improve access and partnership plans Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 973 Older
