Academies

Academisation rate ‘unlikely to increase’ without new policies, DfE study finds

The rate of academy conversions in the next three years will be “limited to a steady rate” and is…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

£1.1m anti-bullying support for schools, after old scheme axed

Announcement comes over a year after predecessor scheme was quietly shelved

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted to inspect all schools by 2025 after £24m funding boost

Accelerated inspection schedule granted funding in spending review

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

Covid absence halves after half term, but 130,000 pupils still off

DfE data suggests Covid absence fell to 1.6 per cent last week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

Six more ITT providers downgraded under new Ofsted framework

10 out of 22 inspected providers are now below ‘good’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

Health bosses given more leeway to bring back masks in school corridors

Government changes language on face coverings in contingency framework guidance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


BTECs

Zahawi announces slowing-down of BTECs cull

Education secretary says he has ‘decided to allow an extra year before our reform timetable is implemented’

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Illegal schools

Public urged to report illegal schools as pupils taught in ‘squalid’ settings

Ofsted warns parents and councils are paying thousands for ‘woeful’ education in ‘squalid’ conditions at unregistered schools

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

16 and 17-year-olds to be offered second Covid vaccine dose

Javid also confirms boosters for those aged 40 and over

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Church schools facing forced academy conversion

Catholic and Anglican chiefs say that multi-academy trusts can solve ‘existential’ threats

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Ofsted

Ofsted questions arts ‘carousel’ at KS3

Watchdog official says teaching music only in part of the year could affect pupils ‘aural memory’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Fifth of schools face 5-year wait for full-fibre broadband

Ministers accused of lacking ‘ambition for children’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker