News

New £75 ‘connectivity support grants’: What you need to know

Schools will be able to claim back money to help disadvantaged pupils absent due to Covid get online in…

James Carr
James Carr
News

DfE reintroduces remote learning legal duty for 2021-22 academic year

The government has reissued its remote education direction which places a legal duty upon schools to provide learning for…

James Carr
James Carr
News

Planned changes to teacher misconduct guidance: What you need to know

Stalking, upskirting, revenge porn and controlling or coercive behaviour are to be added to a list of offences for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Reduce teachers’ timetabled hours in most disadvantaged schools, says Teach First

The government should fund a £30 million-a-year pilot to reduce teachers’ timetabled hours in some of the most disadvantaged…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

What you need to know about plans for a new international QTS qualification

Plans for a new international qualified teacher status qualification will be developed by an expert working group and trialled…

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

Covid: School attendance data collection to go weekly from October

Schools will be asked to submit Covid-19  attendance data to the government on a weekly rather than daily basis…

James Carr
James Carr


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All state schools to receive carbon dioxide monitors to help ventilation

The government is going to hand out around 300,000 carbon dioxide monitors to state schools in a £25 million…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

National Tutoring Programme: Almost 1 in 5 enrolled pupils haven’t started tuition

Almost one in five pupils enrolled in the first year of the government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme are still…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Secondary school admission appeals fall for first time in six years

The number of secondary school admission appeals heard in England has fallen for the first time in at least six…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

DfE outlines new Covid case ‘thresholds’ to prompt extra controls in schools – but their use is optional

The government has updated its contingency framework for schools to include new Covid case “thresholds” that could prompt extra…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Take ‘urgent action’ on school ventilation, unions tell government

The government must take “urgent action” to invest in ventilation measures in schools ahead of the autumn term, unions…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

DfE sprinklers plan leaves most schools ‘exposed to fires’, warn campaigners

The government’s proposal to only advise the use of sprinklers in some new schools will leave the majority “exposed…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth