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School sex abuse review: The Ofsted proposals, and what DfE has committed to

Ofsted has published its review into school sex abuse today. But what will change for schools? Here is your…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted inspectors to question schools that record no sex abuse cases

Inspectors will now interrogate schools that fail to provide a log of sex abuse cases and speak to pupils…

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofsted sex abuse review: Schools ‘consistently underestimated’ scale of problem

Ofsted has accused school leaders and teachers of “consistently underestimating” the scale of sexual abuse and harassment occurring among…

James Carr
James Carr
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PM incorrectly claims 6 million pupils will benefit from tutoring

The prime minister has incorrectly claimed in Parliament that six million pupils will benefit from the government’s tutoring reforms….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Minister denies education recovery ‘catalogue of chaos’ (but claims she doesn’t know why catch-up tsar resigned)

The government’s education recovery programme is not a “catalogue of chaos”, a minister has insisted, as she claimed she…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE extends pupil premium to children with ‘no recourse to public funds’ after legal threat

Schools will be able to claim additional pupil premium funding for children with “no recourse to public funds” who…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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EPI: Recovery funding ‘little more’ than was spent on ‘Eat Out to Help Out’

Funding for education recovery in the next academic year amounts to “little more” than was spent on the month-long…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Bring back face coverings in secondary schools and vaccinate pupils on site, say unions

Face coverings should be reintroduced in secondary school classrooms and for students in communal areas, unions representing teachers and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Schools promised cash for staff to oversee ‘priority’ appeals in summer holidays

Funding will be made available for schools and colleges to bring in staff during the summer holiday period to…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Covid-19: Almost 1 in 3 Bolton secondary pupils absent as Delta variant surges

Attendance data has revealed the scale of Covid-19 disruption to schools in some parts of England, with almost one…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Wilshaw returns to headship with interim role at London school JFS

The former chief inspector of Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw has stepped back into headship after almost a decade, with…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Randstad’s tutoring contract worth £37m less than total offered by DfE

Dutch outsourcing giant Randstad will take over the National Tutoring Programme for tens of millions of pounds less than…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth