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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
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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
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Ofsted: Brexit ‘insecurity’ and lack of CPD pose languages ‘challenges’

“Insecurity” around Brexit and a lack of continuing professional development could pose “challenges” for schools in delivering a high…

James Carr
James Carr
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Pandemic learning loss has undone up to two thirds of disadvantage gap progress

Learning loss among poorer primary school pupils as a result of the pandemic has undone as much as two thirds…

James Carr
James Carr


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School Covid outbreaks near six-month high as Indian variant spreads

Covid outbreaks in schools have reached their highest level since December as the Indian variant continues to spread, official…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Chris Russell to replace Sean Harford as Ofsted’s national education director

Ofsted is to name Chris Russell as its new national director of education, replacing Sean Harford, Schools Week has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Senior mental health lead training: 5 things you need to know

Up to two-thirds of schools will have to wait until at least next spring to hear if they will…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Sir Kevan Collins resigns as government education recovery tsar

The government’s education recovery commissioner Sir Kevan Collins has offered his resignation after ministers allocated just £1.4 billion in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE’s £1.4bn education recovery plan: what you need to know

The government has announced the first set of measures under its long-awaited education recovery plan today – but schools…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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DfE looks to spend £800k on headteacher wellbeing and mental health support

The Department for Education is looking to spend £800,000 on “tailored mental health and wellbeing support” to school leaders…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker