News Timothy’s tweets raise questions over departmental impartiality Department for Education board member Nick Timothy has been accused of breaching impartiality rules over tweets expressing partisan views… Nicky Phillips 5y Nicky Phillips 5y News Pupils in hard-hit regions face exams ‘Covid penalty’ Pupils face a “covid penalty” unless Ofqual takes geographical differences into account when awarding grades next year, a leading… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Exclusive Rapid Covid tests a ‘game-changer’ for schools Headteachers piloting rapid Covid-19 antigen tests under the government’s Operation Moonshot have described them as a “game-changer” to keep… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Universities back post-qualification admissions but shoot down move to January start A major review into university admissions is calling for places to be offered after students have been awarded grades… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News DfE warning over early GCSE entries as research shows some pupils do worse Early entry to GCSEs “does not always benefit pupils”, the Department for Education has warned, as new research showed… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Private schools can partially opt-out of Teachers’ Pension Scheme from spring Private schools will be allowed a “phased withdrawal” from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme from spring next year, the government… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Ofqual’s independence questioned as regulator ‘buried its head in the sand’ during exams fiasco The education select committee has accused Ofqual of “burying its head in the sand” by ignoring repeated warnings in… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News DfE stats suggest attendance boost following half-term break School attendance rose to 89.3 per cent following the half-term break, with the number of state-funded secondary schools reporting… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Restricting exams to core subjects ‘under consideration’, suggests Spielman Ofqual is considering whether to only have exams in core subjects next year, with centre-assessment grades used for the… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Sir Jon Coles appointed to Ofqual’s recovery committee The head of one of the country’s largest academy trusts has been appointed to a committee set up to… Schools Week Reporter 5y Schools Week Reporter 5y News DfE seeks views on ‘undervalued’ level 2 and below quals market The Department for Education has launched a call for evidence to find out what is “working well” with post-16… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Charity claims after-school sports clubs CAN now go ahead after government climbdown A controversial new lockdown rule banning after-school sports clubs unless they were for childcare has been ditched, the government… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y Newer 1 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 974 Older
