News Government unable to back up promises on school mental health support The government has pledged to accelerate the roll-out of mental health support teams (MHSTs) for schools – but was… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News Exclusive Gibb rejects call for 11-plus results to be linked to national pupil database The schools minister has rejected calls to collect 11-plus data and link it to the national pupil database. His… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Ditch ideology and ‘knowledge-rich mantras’ to fix education, union leader tells ministers Ministers must ditch “ideology, politicking and knowledge-rich mantras” and acknowledge a “relatively small number of changes” are needed to… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Investigation RSC says no: Fairview academy conversion blocked over local concerns A school’s bid to become an academy has been turned down because it was “at odds with the community”… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y News Exclusive Government asks Capita for cash back over cancelled SATs The government is in talks over its £109 million contract with outsourcing firm Capita to manage primary school tests… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News Investigation Inside the government’s plan to take tutoring mainstream As ministers start the hunt for an organisation to run the National Tutoring Programme for its second year, Schools… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News School uniforms: No outright ban on ‘sole supplier’ deals, says Gibb The government will not ban controversial sole supplier contracts for school uniforms outright, but will ask leaders to re-tender… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Exclusive DfE sneaks in £25m saving with teaching school hubs switch The government has quietly saved £25 million by switching to a system of teaching school hubs, a Schools Week… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News ‘Not every day has been brilliant’ – Williamson opens up about pandemic challenges Gavin Williamson has opened up about the challenges he’s faced in the pandemic, admitting that “not every day has… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Exclusive School claimed furlough cash then gave £64k payout to head A junior school that claimed nearly £100,000 of furlough cash because of the “dramatic and potentially catastrophic” financial impact… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y News Exclusive Ofsted monitoring inspections find all schools taking ‘effective action’, but verdict ‘limited’ The first batch of letters published following new remote Ofsted monitoring inspections found that all schools were “taking effective… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News Investigation Reopening schools: DfE’s ‘illogical’ Covid testing policy puts pupils in isolation The government’s “nonsensical” Covid testing policy that pupils tested on-site must self-isolate without taking confirmatory lab tests has seen… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Newer 1 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 981 Older
