Academies Falcon trust swoops on its third academy Latest recruit for turnaround trust is first outside the north of England Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Inclusion Director at criticised council wins DfE contract to help others improve The DfE has appointed 13 SEND advisers on salaries of £90k to act as ‘critical friends’ Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Politics Meet the new-look education committee Five new MPs have joined since last July. Here’s your guide to the new membership Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Academies Orphan school’s 11-year wait for sponsor (should) end next month Official admits intervention in failing schools is too slow Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y School funding DfE boast of £1 billion savings ‘shameful’, says union Experts say budget cuts mean school savings are ‘unsurprising’ Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Assessment, Covid Exclusive Heads plan Covid isolation rooms so symptomatic kids can take exams ‘Ambiguous’ guidance leaves leaders playing Covid guessing game as tests return James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Teacher training and development Exclusive Early career framework risks heads snubbing new teachers Polling shows just one in seven new teachers think the training is a good use of time Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Assessment The inside story of the new natural history GCSE How a BBC veteran, Green MP and exams expert developed a brand new qualification Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Tutoring Nearly 50k tutors to be trained under new £18m National Tutoring Programme More details on overhauled catch-up scheme revealed Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Covid Teacher recruitment targets hiked as DfE predicts post-Covid exodus Ministers have repeatedly missed past targets, but slashed trainee bursaries during a short-lived Covid boom Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Schools DfE finalises its climate change strategy: What schools need to know Every school will have a climate lead, and ‘sustainable’ tests will be developed Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid Poll: 7 in 10 primary heads say catch-up cash ‘insufficient’ Two in five leaders raid pupil premium budgets to make ends meet Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Newer 1 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 1,029 Older