Schools SIMS introduce 6-month break clause after contract backlash Legal action has been threatened despite DfE green light James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Schools New school safeguarding rules: what you need to know Consultation launched on changes to keeping children safe in education guidance Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Exams Minister rejects return of key stage 3 SATs, but mulls ‘internal’ tests to boost literacy Robin Walker ‘not sure’ that more exams are the answer to progress issues Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Tutoring DfE ‘encouraging’ schools to use tutors and mentors to cover staff shortages The Department for Education is “actively encouraging” schools to use in-house tutors and academic mentors in “support of teaching”… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid DfE to pay 100% of breakfast clubs costs until August in partial U-turn Government delays plan to make schools pay 25% of breakfast costs and expands eligibility ‘in light of Covid’ Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid DfE says over 550 ex-teachers answered Covid call to arms But no figures on how many have actually rejoined classrooms missing tens of thousands of teachers Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid Schools cut music and PE, and 7 other findings from DfE recovery research Report looks at how schools coped with the impact of Covid in 2020-21 Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Funding Raid on school budgets next year as £41m council grants axed Councils warn school improvement services and maintained schools face a financial hit, with grant cuts expected to incentivise more… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid Open classroom windows between lessons so kids don’t get too cold, says DfE But experts warn methods are not a ‘magic bullet’ James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Covid Omicron: 1 in 25 staff off with Covid as absence rate doubles Tens of thousands of staff are off school with confirmed cases of the virus Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Tutoring Flagship tutor scheme ‘scandalously’ short of targets – with just 8% of mentoring provided Official figures reveal flagging take-up of approved tuition, as schools choose to go their own way Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Covid Online Oak academy lessons soar as Omicron hits returning schools Internet learning platform says use has returned to levels not seen since last March Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Newer 1 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 989 Older