Leadership and governance NAHT wants more support to ease heads’ workload Leaders’ union will debate conference motion to investigate how to better support workloads Schools Week Reporter 4y Schools Week Reporter 4y News Schools can seek Ofsted deferral for vaccine clashes DfE tells heads vaccine rollout ‘should take priority’ Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Education sex abuse helpline granted three-month lifeline A child sex abuse helpline set up in the wake of the allegations posted on the Everyone’s Invited website… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News 2021 autumn A-level ‘resit’ entries plummet 56% Ofqual reveals just 8,880 entries have been made for autumn A-level exams, down from 20,100 in 2020 Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Just 2% of promised CO2 monitors delivered to schools But education secretary says deliveries will ‘ramp up’ in November John Dickens 4y John Dickens 4y Assessment Exclusive Ofqual’s second in command leaves after 7 years at watchdog Dr Michelle Meadows leaves her post for Oxford University professor role Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Politics £3k ‘level up premium’ to send ‘best’ teachers to in-need areas Johnson reannounces retention policy that his government scrapped last year John Dickens 4y John Dickens 4y News Zahawi commissions absenteeism ‘deep-dive’ by DfE and Ofsted Education secretary concerned about Covid absences and ‘persistent absenteeism’ Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Skills bill to ensure ‘equality’ for technical education in schools career advice Law change will also allow Catholic sixth forms to academise Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Assessment Trust boss accused over ‘culture of cheating’ and off-rolling at flagship school An award-winning trust CEO and two colleagues face misconduct claims over exam malpractice and off-rolling to keep its flagship… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y News Covid absences rise two thirds in a fortnight More than 100,000 pupils off with confirmed Covid last week, DfE data suggests Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Quarter of schools surpass DfE contingency thresholds requiring stricter Covid measures School leaders are calling for changes to the government’s current Covid guidance James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Newer 1 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 1,030 Older
