Teacher training and development

High Court challenge lodged over £121m Institute of Teaching

Ambition Institute launches legal claim against the Department for Education

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

£3k teachers retention bonuses: How they will work

Up to 7,000 early-career computing, maths, physics and chemistry teachers in 2,500 schools will receive retention bonuses

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

Schools bill: New academy standards could dictate trust board make-up

Analysis: Draft law seeks greater control over school system, with standards on pay and school day length also considered

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid inquiry chair wants to investigate impact on children

The UK’s public Covid inquiry chair wants to expand her remit to investigate how children and young people were…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics, Schools

Schools bill: The 15 new laws proposed

DfE outlines new powers to intervene in academy trusts and allow councils to force conversion of their schools

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Inclusion

Requests for EHCPs soar again, new data shows

Nearly 500,000 education, health and care plans now issued

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Tutoring

DfE boss: Tutoring league tables ‘not a stick to beat schools with’

Susan Acland-Hood also reveals ongoing discussions about Randstad’s contract, which ends this summer

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Revealed: 38 BTECs facing the chop to clear way for T-levels

More than 150 level 3 qualifications to be axed after government review

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Assessment

Schools brace for Covid exams disruption as pupil anxiety rises

Invigilator shortages, requests to sit exams in separate rooms and Covid infections cause major headache for heads, says union

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

Budget to meet ‘parent pledge’ next year, schools told

Schools told to consider how to ‘factor in’ the white paper policy when setting budgets

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

Ofqual reveals how exams in 2023 will look

Coursework and subject content to return to pre-pandemic standards

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Sponsored post

Why a focus on careers education is more important than ever

By Paul Matthias, National Director of Hays Education

Hays Education
Hays Education