Politics DfE top boss handed £278k payout to leave after exams fiasco Jonathan Slater had just eight months left in post, but was pushed out in spate of perm sec departures Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Schools Exclusive 400 schools sign up to take collective action against SIMS However the DfE has given schools the green light to proceed with sign-up James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Covid DfE looks to ex-teachers to fill Covid staffing gaps Leaders also asked to ‘use their own networks to encourage sign-up’ Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Exams Just 195 of 5.7m teacher grades changed after exam board reviews Just 195 of 5.7 million GCSE and A-level teacher assessed grades (TAGS) were changed after being reviewed by exam… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Ofsted Attendance a ‘stubborn concern’, and 4 more findings from Ofsted recovery research Many schools have introduced a ‘recovery curriculum’ to aid catch-up James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Covid Fines for school absence plummet by 86 per cent The government wants councils and schools to ramp up enforcement Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term The scheme was reintroduced last month amid rising rates James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Teacher training 9 in 10 leaders say ECF reforms creating extra workload NAHT union warns mentors are ‘drowning’ in work Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News Teachers urged to get booster jabs, as schools given ‘flexibility’ for January return PM also revealed 12- to 15-year-olds can book in second jabs from Monday James Carr 4y James Carr 4y School meals Exclusive School apologises for ‘awful’ Xmas lunch after suffering Covid staff shortages Steyning Grammar praised for refunding parents in latest social media storm over school meals Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Politics School at centre of student discrimination protest rated ‘good’ Pimlico Academy has ‘stabilised’ after pupil and staff walkouts, but lost its ‘outstanding’ rating Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid £10m catch-up schemes to help schools with most learning loss Three regions set to benefit from extra maths and literacy cash Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Newer 1 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 1,015 Older