News Exclusive ‘Orphan’ school trust silent on CEO’s departure The special academy trust set up by government to take over “orphan” schools has refused to explain why its… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Exclusive Mental health teams overlook excluded pupils A new government initiative to support pupils’ mental health seems to be overlooking many excluded children. Research by the… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News DfE consults on scrapping quals competing with A-Levels by 2023 The government has moved a step closer to removing funding for applied general qualifications, such as BTECs, that compete… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Exclusive No evidence for minister’s claim parents ‘prefer to pay’ for school dinners A government minister stands accused of misleading the public after he falsely claimed that research showed parents “actually prefer… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News We fear next summer’s exams, say lockdown heads School leaders in lockdown areas say their pupils should not be penalised in exams, with year 10s at one… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Revealed: What Ofqual’s explosive board minutes tell us about the exams fiasco The ill-fated exams “triple lock” policy that sparked a chain of events culminating in pupils instead being awarded their… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Williamson met with Ofqual day before results day – despite claims of ignorance Gavin Williamson met with Ofqual to ‘talk about results’ twice in the two days prior to the controversial A-level… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Consider allowing pupils to wear additional clothing indoors, DfE tells schools Schools should consider allowing pupils to wear “additional, suitable indoor items of clothing” during the winter as classrooms get… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Gibb ‘misspoke’ when he said all schools were in ‘tier 1’ The schools minister “misspoke” when he told MPs yesterday that all schools are at tier one of the government’s… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Nick Gibb at education committee: 7 things we learned Schools minister Nick Gibb has suggested some grade inflation will be allowed again next year to cater for lockdown… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News DfE’s revamped attendance stats reveal nearly half of secondary schools have pupils self-isolating Around half of all state-funded secondary schools have pupils self-isolating, with 409,000 pupils not attending school for covid related… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Autumn resits will have ‘generosity’ of 2020 grades Exams regulator Ofqual has today confirmed that pupils resitting qualifications this Autumn will be handed the same “generosity” in… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y Newer 1 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 974 Older
