Covid One in four pupils were persistently absent in autumn 2021 Changes to isolation rules reduced Covid-related absence, but illness drove a rise in other absences Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Schools Crackdown to ensure schools face ‘rigorous checks’ on ECT training Investigation revealed mentors were not being given their legal entitlement to time off timetable for training James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Schools Half of new teachers struggle to balance teaching and training Government evaluation report also reveals three in four mentors have struggled to spend time on their own training Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Schools ‘Recovery premium’ rolled out for all special school and AP pupils Catch-up cash will increase for mainstream secondaries, rising to £60k on average, but rates frozen for most primaries Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Tutoring Randstad tutor routes still two-thirds off promised catch-up New statistics suggests ministers still way off delivering promised two million tutor courses as pre-exams boom doesn’t materialise Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Schools £200 grants to encourage small school staff to take NPQs £22.6m set aside as free scholarships also opened up to private schools James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News ‘By schools for schools’: Institute of Teaching winners finally revealed The academy trust-led institute plans to analyse link between pupil outcomes and teacher development – and share research for… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Academies DfE plans first step in academy revolution Work to move to all-academies system will begin later this term Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Academies Council MAT trial next year – but caps on number and size The DfE will ‘test the concept’ of local authority multi-academy trusts, inviting councils to join a small trial Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid Williamson provided wine and mince pies for DfE lockdown Xmas party Sue Gray report finds 50 staff were invited to the ‘festive drinks’ – organised days in advance Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Wellbeing New ‘extracurricular handbook’ to help schools tackle mental health But government rejects MPs’ calls for all students to undergo a mental health assessment Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Politics Exclusive Staff say overcrowding hampered bomb scare evacuation at DfE’s Sheffield office Workers warn of ‘disaster waiting to happen’ after incident on day of top civil servant’s visit Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Newer 1 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 1,025 Older
