Schools ‘Risky’ MFL GCSE reforms get go ahead – but delayed for a year DfE has also ‘broadened’ vocabularly definition and given exam boards more flexibility James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Assessment Exclusive Universities shun T-levels as UCAS deadline approaches Russell Group members among those that won’t accept new technical qualifications Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid State schools in deprived areas hit hardest by staff absence Schools report using non-teaching staff to cover lessons and almost one in 10 combine classes as Omicron disruption continues Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Schools Exclusive Plan to remove teachers’ hours cap ditched from white paper New DfE team shelves policies drawn up by former education secretary Gavin Williamson Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Schools SIMS introduce 6-month break clause after contract backlash Legal action has been threatened despite DfE green light James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Schools New school safeguarding rules: what you need to know Consultation launched on changes to keeping children safe in education guidance Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Assessment Minister rejects return of key stage 3 SATs, but mulls ‘internal’ tests to boost literacy Robin Walker ‘not sure’ that more exams are the answer to progress issues Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Tutoring DfE ‘encouraging’ schools to use tutors and mentors to cover staff shortages The Department for Education is “actively encouraging” schools to use in-house tutors and academic mentors in “support of teaching”… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid DfE to pay 100% of breakfast clubs costs until August in partial U-turn Government delays plan to make schools pay 25% of breakfast costs and expands eligibility ‘in light of Covid’ Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid DfE says over 550 ex-teachers answered Covid call to arms But no figures on how many have actually rejoined classrooms missing tens of thousands of teachers Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid Schools cut music and PE, and 7 other findings from DfE recovery research Report looks at how schools coped with the impact of Covid in 2020-21 Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y School funding Raid on school budgets next year as £41m council grants axed Councils warn school improvement services and maintained schools face a financial hit, with grant cuts expected to incentivise more… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Newer 1 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 1,025 Older