News Covid catch-up strategy not ‘integrated’ enough, and 6 other things we learned at education committee Ministers’ catch-up strategy is not “integrated” enough, and “long-term” reform is needed to help pupils in the wake of… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News Data reveals huge variation in spring term school attendance across England Attendance in schools has varied hugely across England this term, new data shows, with rates in the week before… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Laptops: DfE on track to meet distribution target as over 1.2 million devices now sent The Department for Education is on track to meet its target of delivering most of the 1.3 million laptops… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News National funding formula: DfE proposes changes to ‘sparsity factor’ for small remote schools Hundreds more small remote schools could be eligible for extra cash under government proposals to change the national funding… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News School attendance rises to over 18% after half term School attendance rose to over 18 per cent in the week after half term, with an increase in secondary… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Don’t hand out Covid testing kits to pupils’ families, DfE tells schools Schools should not distribute Covid testing kits to members of their pupils’ households, the Department for Education has said,… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News DfE cuts early career framework funding rates The government has cut funding rates for the national rollout of its early career framework (ECF), claiming this year’s… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News DfE’s Covid-19 helpline goes down days before schools reopen The Department for Education’s Covid-19 helpline is unable to take any calls from school leaders due to technical issues… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News National reference test 2021 pushed back to summer term This year’s national reference test will take place between April 19 and May 21, after it was pushed back… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Williamson: Government ‘looking at’ how to get more schools into multi-academy trusts The government wants to see “far more schools” in multi-academy trusts by 2025, and is “actively looking at how… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Exclusive Oak Academy mulls use of quiz results to contribute to learning loss research The Oak National Academy is looking at how it can use millions of quiz results from pupils to help… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News Q&A: ‘We need a long-term plan for education in England’ Next week, the Foundation for Education Development will bring together politicians, school leaders and policy wonks as it hosts… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Newer 1 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 974 Older