The Review

Eight edu books to gift (yourself) this Christmas

Stuck for a gift for that special teacher in your life or just fancy a bit of holiday reading?…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Ofsted

Leaders question Ofsted’s positive spin on inspections

Watchdog refuses to release a breakdown of survey figures quoted by Spielman

James Carr
James Carr
Tutoring

Trust funds full-time tutors for disadvantaged pupils

TKAT recruits its own full-time tutors following extension of £250k pilot

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher training

Ofsted to assess ITT provider reaccreditations

Watchdog will join DfE in assessing reaccreditation applications under ITT reforms

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

AQA keeps exam fee rises to ‘bare minimum’ after backlash

Largest exam board faced pushback when it hiked exam fees by 5% last academic year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

Catch-up mentors used as teaching cover, report reveals

Mentors redeployed during periods of ‘particularly high’ staff absences

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Exams

A class of their own: T-levels school recruits just one student

Classes half empty as schools’ flagging take-up of flagship courses revealed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Zahawi unveils new 17-member ‘attendance alliance’

Academy trust leaders will also form a sub-alliance to identify best practice

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exams

Ian Bauckham made permanent chair of Ofqual

Academy trust boss has been exams regulator’s interim chair for a year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Covid reversing maths progress, national reference test shows

But the 2021 NRT suggests a ‘surprising’ lack of Covid impact on English performance

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

Plan B: What does this mean for schools?

No change on face masks, don’t move teaching online and inspections cancelled

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth