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How the big academy trusts managed to ride out Covid finance hit

Some of the biggest multi-academy trusts have managed to ride out Covid’s toll on their finances – using savings,…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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School funding: ‘Serious questions’ for government over £100m bailouts

Ministers have “serious questions to answer” over school funding bailouts for five councils, Labour has said, with calls for…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Headteacher vacancies fall despite Covid exodus fears

Fears of a Covid-fuelled mass exodus of headteachers this summer may be wide of the mark, although new figures…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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School mental health lead training slated to begin this autumn

Training for a designated senior mental health lead in every school by 2025 could begin in the autumn, with…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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School backs down on face masks refusal following DfE pressure

A school whose headteacher vowed to defy official advice on face masks in secondary classrooms has quietly reversed its…

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofqual drops requirement for heads to declare pupils have learned enough to ‘progress’

Ofqual has dropped a proposed requirement for heads to declare that GCSE and A-level students have been taught enough…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


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DfE to cover cost of 2021 exam grade appeals

The Department for Education will cover the cost of appeals to exam boards over teacher assessment grades issued to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Low-income parents eligible for £500 support payment if schools tell children to self-isolate

Hard-up parents and carers whose children are told to self-isolate by their school will be eligible for the government’s…

James Carr
James Carr
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Surge in ‘devastating’ ransomware attacks cripples schools

Schools were forced to delay pupils’ return to the classroom, suspend Covid testing and cancel parents evening after hackers…

James Carr
James Carr
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DfE tells schools study leave ‘may not be applicable’

Schools are being given the freedom to choose whether or not to implement a period of independent study leave…

James Carr
James Carr
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GCSEs and A-levels 2021: 8 things you need to know from grades guidance

The Joint Council for Qualifications has finally confirmed what schools need to do to award GCSE and A-level grades…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Key dates revealed

Exam boards have today published guidance for how schools are expected to award grades this summer. The guidance includes…

John Dickens
John Dickens