Academies

ESFA probes trust forced to up top-slice after overspend

Documents suggest the Oval trust ‘set a deficit budget, miscalculated income…and overspent’, while a new board came in after…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

New alliance to stop schools being swept under MAT

Experts said the new West Kent Single Academy Trust Alliance showed there were ‘other models’ to the government’s preferred…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Education staff now ‘more likely’ than other workers to have Covid

The increased likelihood is tied to ‘high infection rates among school aged children’

James Carr
James Carr
News

DfE pledges extra 500k laptops for poorest pupils facing Covid disruption

Expansion announced under new £126 million investment

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

Former minister Gibb reveals plan for a model history curriculum

Ex-schools minister tells event he has been working on model curriculum with history expert

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Facial recognition systems off the menu as schools reverse plans

Schools rethink approach after data privacy watchdog advises ‘less intrusive’ policy

James Carr
James Carr


Schools

Publish funding allocations to academies, MPs tell DfE

Report finds it is ‘not possible’ to tell if ministers are living up to their commitments

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Hanging by a thread: How the system is failing SEND children

Shocking reports detail how vulnerable children and their families are left to fall into crisis

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Don’t teach ‘contested views’ on white privilege as fact, DfE tells schools

Government says it is working with sector to ‘develop guidance which will help schools understand and meet their duties…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid: Children missed 219 million days in school during spring term

Partial school closures meant 57.5% of physical school sessions were missed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Disadvantaged schools reap benefits of Covid teacher market

Report also suggests fewer secondary teachers are moving schools or seeking new jobs

James Carr
James Carr
News

Birbalsingh says better behaviour key to solving Covid learning loss

Head of country’s ‘strictest school’ quizzed by MPs on social mobility role

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth