News

Revealed: the 21 areas set for £15m AP taskforces to prevent crime

The government has confirmed the 21 areas set to receive funding under a scheme to prevent vulnerable pupils in…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

Covid: Government ‘allowing mass infection of children’, scientists warn

Scientists have warned the government’s back to school plans are “reckless” and allow the “mass infection of children”. An…

James Carr
James Carr
News

Leading tutor providers missing from NTP over contract dispute

Leading tutoring organisations have not yet been approved to continue in the government’s flagship tutor programme because they are…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Exams

Pupils might not have been taught parts of autumn exams, says Ofqual

Ofqual opted to make no adaptations to the majority of exams in the autumn series despite flagging it would…

James Carr
James Carr
News

Leading academy CEOs demand £5.8bn catch-up cash for poorer pupils

A group of leading academy trust bosses have set out proposals for a £5.8 billion Covid recovery plan, as…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

£579m school-led tutoring: Non-teacher tutors can’t start until at least November

The Department for Education has published guidance today for its £579 million school-led tutor fund. It will form a…

John Dickens
John Dickens


News

School funding will remain below 2009 levels despite government’s spending boost

School spending will still be lower per pupil by 2023 than more than a decade ago under the last…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

Teachers not at increased risk of severe Covid, study finds

Teachers and their households were not at an increased risk of experiencing severe Covid or being hospitalised from the…

James Carr
James Carr
Ofsted

Ofsted orders action plan from council over SEND pupils’ ‘spiral of decline’

SEND pupils have fallen into a “spiral of decline” and are being excluded too often because a region’s authorities…

James Carr
James Carr
Exams

2022 exams: Labour wants ‘standardised’ teacher grades as plan B

Labour has called for a “standardised” version of teacher-assessed grades as a plan B in case Covid forces another…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

DfE admits it has never used remote education legal powers

The government has been accused of ‘political posturing’ after admitting it has never used emergency powers to force schools…

James Carr
James Carr
News

Youngest pupils need ‘most support’, and 3 other things we learned from primary test analysis

Younger primary school pupils will need the “most support” to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers have said, after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker