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Johnson claims catch-up tsar’s evidence for a longer school day ‘not as good as it could have been’

Evidence put forward as part of proposals to extend the school day “was not as good as it could…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Top grammar school rated ‘inadequate’ over sexism ‘hostile environment’

A “pervading culture” of sexism and racism at a leading grammar school created a “hostile environment” leaving pupils feeling…

James Carr
James Carr
News

Covid: Pupils have lost a third of learning time since pandemic began

Pupils in England have lost nearly a third of their learning time since the Covid-19 pandemic started, but fared…

James Carr
James Carr
News

Long-serving DfE adviser Chris Paterson leaves to join EEF

A long-serving policy adviser at the Department for Education is to join the Education Endowment Foundation. The charity has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

What Step 4 means for schools: Everything you need to know

Masks, bubbles and contact tracing are all set to end for schools when the government moves to step 4…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Bubbles and masks go at step 4, but isolation rules in place to end of term

Schools will no longer be told to keep pupils in consistent “bubbles” from step four of the government’s roadmap…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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‘Policy not politics’: New Ofqual boss attempts to play down independence fears

Dr Jo Saxton has said she would “absolutely speak out” as Ofqual boss if she felt any government decisions…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Revised safety and sexual harassment guidance: 8 things you need to know

The government has issued beefed-up guidance on tackling sexual misconduct in schools, warning downplaying it as “banter” can normalise…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

More than 600,000 pupils off school due to Covid

More than 600,000 pupils were absent last week because of Covid, with around one in ten secondary pupils missing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted: ‘Confused’ schools want clearer guidance on LGBT teaching

Schools want clearer guidance to help them teach about “sensitive and difficult subjects” like sexual orientation and gender reassignment,…

James Carr
James Carr
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How can we support early career teachers?

Within the world of teacher training and education, there is nothing more important than supporting teachers through the early…

Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Exams

Reveal 2022 exams plan by September at the latest, government told

Pressure is growing on the government to publish its 2022 exams plan as new analysis by Labour found year…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth