SEND

Director at criticised council wins DfE contract to help others improve

The DfE has appointed 13 SEND advisers on salaries of £90k to act as ‘critical friends’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Meet the new-look education committee

Five new MPs have joined since last July. Here’s your guide to the new membership

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Orphan school’s 11-year wait for sponsor (should) end next month

Official admits intervention in failing schools is too slow

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
School funding

DfE boast of £1 billion savings ‘shameful’, says union

Experts say budget cuts mean school savings are ‘unsurprising’

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid, Exams

Heads plan Covid isolation rooms so symptomatic kids can take exams

‘Ambiguous’ guidance leaves leaders playing Covid guessing game as tests return

James Carr
James Carr
Teacher training

Early career framework risks heads snubbing new teachers

Polling shows just one in seven new teachers think the training is a good use of time

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Exams

The inside story of the new natural history GCSE

How a BBC veteran, Green MP and exams expert developed a brand new qualification

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Nearly 50k tutors to be trained under new £18m National Tutoring Programme

More details on overhauled catch-up scheme revealed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

Teacher recruitment targets hiked as DfE predicts post-Covid exodus

Ministers have repeatedly missed past targets, but slashed trainee bursaries during a short-lived Covid boom

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

DfE finalises its climate change strategy: What schools need to know

Every school will have a climate lead, and ‘sustainable’ tests will be developed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Poll: 7 in 10 primary heads say catch-up cash ‘insufficient’

Two in five leaders raid pupil premium budgets to make ends meet

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Salary top-ups for new teachers boost retention rates by 23%

Findings show bonuses can help fix staff shortages, researchers say, but one in five teachers still leave in some…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger