News

Academy bailouts should come with merger clause, demands Agnew

It comes after two trusts were given multi-million pound lifelines after racking up £600,000 deficits

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exams

British Sign Language GCSE ‘unlikely before 2028’

The Department for Education initially hoped the qualification would be launched in autumn this year

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted mulls report card inspection delay

Inspectorate considering pushing back the roll-out of new inspections until 2026

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Maths hubs

Maths hubs funding drops (but DfE says it’s not a cut)

Leaders say the funding fall could result in redundancies and less support for teachers

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Teacher apprenticeship length cut to line up with school year

Length of postgraduate course to be slashed from 12 to nine months from August, DfE confirms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Who are the stuck schools getting RISE support?

Just a few of the schools are in London and some belong to trusts with RISE advisers

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


News

Schools told to plan work experience for key stage 3 pupils

Statutory guidance update states younger pupils should get a week’s worth of work experience ‘activities’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Movers and Shakers

Ex-minister Nick Gibb to advise phone pouch firm

Former Conservative politician becomes strategy adviser to American firm Yondr

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Schools

Poorer pupils ‘locked out’ of key subjects due to teacher shortages

Teacher shortages ‘block poorest pupils from some of the best-paid careers in AI-driven economy’

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Rhi Storer
News

DfE to investigate why SEND numbers have ballooned

Government pledges to look at reasons behind rise in demand for special needs support, and will provide ‘costed plan’…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
GCSEs

Calls for language GCSEs to be graded less harshly

Analysis also suggests computer science is graded most harshly

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks