News

Home education rises 34%, with Covid most likely to be the reason

The number of children withdrawn from school for elective home education soared by 34 per cent last year, with…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

MPs launch inquiry into ‘effectiveness’ of post-16 qualifications

A new inquiry into the “effectiveness” of post-16 qualifications like A-levels, T Levels and BTECs has been launched by…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

ITT providers ‘alarmingly selling specific pedagogies’ as ‘be all and end all’, Ofsted says

Some initial teacher training providers inspected under the new Ofsted framework were “misinforming trainees” by teaching them only specific…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Candidates revealed for RSC advisory board elections

Voting is open for regional schools commissioner advisory boards, previously called headteacher boards

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

E-ACT chief executive suspended

Staff have been told that Jane Millward, chief executive of the 28-school trust, is ‘away from work’

John Dickens
John Dickens
Covid

Anti-vaxxers who threaten schools and pupils ‘will be arrested’ – Zahawi

Education secretary says protesters ‘should not be going anywhere near a school’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


News

University access fear over BMAT entrance test glitch (again)

‘Huge spike in concern’ reported over test used to select medical, dental, biomedical and veterinary applicants

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

DfE pays £124k for failed free school’s pension shortfall

Contributions weren’t made for 13 teachers from Collective Spirit free school in Oldham

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

On hold: NLE programme delayed until September

Reforms delayed and interim contract awarded with DfE citing Covid

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Software supplier takes legal action against second trust

Bromcom Computers has filed a High Court claim against Academies Enterprise Trust

James Carr
James Carr
SEND

Birmingham could lose control of its SEND services

Documents show DfE commissioner can consider delivery options ‘outside of the operational control of the local authority’

James Carr
James Carr
DfE

DfE apologises to academy finance staff over data blunder

Contact details for staff at an academy finance professionals event were accidentally shared with other attendees

Tom Belger
Tom Belger