News Free school meals: 300k more pupils became eligible in first 7 months of Covid The number of children eligible for free school meals surged in the first seven months of the Covid-19 pandemic,… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y News Exclusive Can the government fix the ‘confusing’ careers landscape? The skills white paper sets the lofty ambition of a “clear, all-age careers system”. Will a former academic be… Jess Staufenberg 5y Jess Staufenberg 5y News Reopening schools ‘almost certainly’ responsible for Covid rate uptick among young people – PM A slight uptick in Covid rates among young people is “almost certainly” the result of reopening schools, Boris Johnson… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Hackers hit Harris in latest ‘highly sophisticated’ cyber attack One of the country’s largest academy trusts has become the latest victim of a targeted ransomware cyber attack –… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Williamson first education secretary to address NASUWT conference in five years Gavin Williamson will address the annual conference of the NASUWT teaching union this weekend, five years after an education… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Ofsted plans ‘lighter-touch’ on-site inspections during summer term Ofsted will undertake “lighter-touch” on-site inspections during the summer term before returning to full graded inspections next year, it… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Investigation How the big academy trusts managed to ride out Covid finance hit Some of the biggest multi-academy trusts have managed to ride out Covid’s toll on their finances – using savings,… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y News Exclusive School funding: ‘Serious questions’ for government over £100m bailouts Ministers have “serious questions to answer” over school funding bailouts for five councils, Labour has said, with calls for… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y News Headteacher vacancies fall despite Covid exodus fears Fears of a Covid-fuelled mass exodus of headteachers this summer may be wide of the mark, although new figures… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y News School mental health lead training slated to begin this autumn Training for a designated senior mental health lead in every school by 2025 could begin in the autumn, with… Samantha Booth 5y Samantha Booth 5y News School backs down on face masks refusal following DfE pressure A school whose headteacher vowed to defy official advice on face masks in secondary classrooms has quietly reversed its… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Ofqual drops requirement for heads to declare pupils have learned enough to ‘progress’ Ofqual has dropped a proposed requirement for heads to declare that GCSE and A-level students have been taught enough… Samantha Booth 5y Samantha Booth 5y Newer 1 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 1,015 Older