News Exclusive Christmas closure chaos as schools allowed to extend holidays The government’s approach to schools closing early for Christmas was mired in confusion this week after two academy trusts… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News DfE won’t say if NTP second-year cash is new The government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme will be funded for an extra year, but the Department for Education has… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Exclusive NAHT ‘assessing legal status’ of phonics check to spare schools ‘unnecessary burden’ A school leaders’ union has revealed it is “assessing the legal status” of the autumn year 2 phonics check… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News Exams 2020: ‘No evidence’ poorer pupils disadvantaged, concludes Ofqual There is “no evidence” that the system for awarding GCSEs and A-levels this year systematically disadvantaged poorer pupils or… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Spending review: Treasury now says £30k starting salary pledge pushed back a year The government has abandoned its pledge to raise teacher starting salaries to £30,000 by 2022-23, saying the target will… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News £14m scheme to send ‘best’ heads into toughest schools missed recruitment target by two thirds A flagship £14 million government scheme to recruit the “best and brightest” school leaders to turn around the country’s… John Dickens 4y John Dickens 4y News Private schools got biggest top A-levels boost after grade U-turn Private schools still saw the biggest boost in top grades at A-level following this year’s exams fiasco, despite the… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News £30k starting salary pledge remains, and 5 other things we learned from the spending review The chancellor Rishi Sunak has launched his spending review, which sets out how public services will be funded in… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Exclusive Spending review: National Tutoring Programme wins funding for a second year The government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme has been awarded funding to continue for a second year, Schools Week understands…. Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Pay rises ‘paused’ for all but the lowest-paid school staff School staff earning over £24,000-a-year won’t receive a pay rise next year, the chancellor has announced. Rishi Sunak told… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News DfE expects teacher recruitment boost to be ‘short-lived’, despite slashing bursaries The Department for Education has admitted the boost in teacher recruitment prompted by Covid-19 is expected to be “short-lived”,… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News Covid: 1 in 10 pupils now absent as attendance drops again Around one in ten pupils are now absent from school for Covid-related reasons after attendance slumped to 83 per… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Newer 1 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 974 Older
