Schools Governor vacancies hit six-year high as most boards report unfilled posts The NGA says trusts and schools are struggling to recruit and boards are getting older – with just 1… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Safeguarding Assess wellbeing risk of strip searches before calling police, schools told DfE updates guidance on searching, screening and confiscation in wake of Child Q scandal Amy Walker 4y Amy Walker and Freddie Whittaker 4y Assessment Fine exam boards for GCSE errors, education MPs demand Exams regulator Ofqual will ‘consider regulatory action’ Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Politics Quince appointed schools minister as caretaker roles confirmed Brendan Clarke-Smith gets children’s brief in shake-up following mass resignations Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Academies DfE reveals trust leaders advising on review of academy regulation Two-thirds of the advisory group represent academy trusts, with the DfE planning the regulatory overhaul despite a climbdown over… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Assessment ‘Stressful and exhausting’: Ofqual report exposes teacher grade woes Survey also shows over half of teachers felt pressured to change their grades last year by either leaders or… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News SATs: Calls for ‘immediate investigation’ after new claims of wrong results Heads’ union said it has been given ‘no clear answer’ from ministers over latest Capita issues Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Covid School attendance hits five-month low, workforce absence soars Nearly one in 10 secondary school teachers were off last week, DfE estimates Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Schools Half of schools will miss out on rebuilds – as only 61 more handed cash More than 1,100 schools applied for Boris Johnson’s school rebuilding programme, but numbers are capped at 500 Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Academies, Politics Labour plans to curtail academy freedoms in schools bill amendment Opposition seizes on government infighting – finally revealing its own plans for academies Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Schools Ministers have ‘limited’ agenda to improve teaching, says ex-DfE boss ‘Structural reorganisation is easy,’ says former permanent secretary Jonathan Slater, who warns of ‘disconnect’ from frontline teachers Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Ofsted September 2022 Ofsted inspection changes: What schools need to know Curriculum grace period ends – but new grade descriptor ‘will prevent cliff edge’ Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Newer 1 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 1,029 Older