News Coronavirus: Nearly one in six secondaries not fully open, DfE data suggests Around 1,500 schools have now been forced to partially close, with as many as one in six secondary schools… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News 23 trusts submitted financial returns late The government has named and shamed 23 academy trusts that were late in submitting financial returns in the last… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News DfE introduces intelligence gathering to monitor exclusions ‘in real time’ The government is switching to monitoring changes in the use of exclusions and other disciplinary measures “in real time”,… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News ‘Cancel culture’, gender stereotypes and ‘extreme political stances’: What new DfE guidance says about RSE New guidance on the teaching of relationships and sex education has been published by the Department for Education. The… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News RSCs will ignore trusts’ 2020 results data and ‘pseudo Progress 8’ scores Regional schools commissioners will ignore academy trusts’ own data on their 2020 results and “pseudo Progress 8” scores provided… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Shadow education secretary apologises after calling Covid-19 a ‘good crisis’ Shadow education secretary Kate Green has apologised after calling the Covid-19 pandemic a “good crisis” which Labour should not… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Grenfell rules forced us to dip into revenue, says trust An academy trust says it had no choice but to break finance rules and use £530,000 of revenue funds… Nicky Phillips 5y Nicky Phillips 5y News Government ‘flying blind’ over Covid tests for pupils Schools have been placed in an “impossibly difficult position” as the government restricts Covid tests to those with “classic… Nicky Phillips 5y Nicky Phillips 5y News Exclusive Cyber attacks, hacks and legal threats: Academy data breaches revealed An academy trust was left facing legal action after sending student assessment reports to the wrong parents. The incident… Nicky Phillips 5y Nicky Phillips 5y News Exclusive Council encourages schools to contact test and trace teams first rather than DfE hotline A council is urging schools to ignore new protocols for contacting the government’s national coronavirus helpline to report positive… Nicky Phillips 5y Nicky Phillips 5y News Catch-up funding could be nearly ‘wiped out’ by Covid safety costs, warns ASCL Funding for pupil catch-up support could be nearly “wiped out” by the costs schools face in making their sites… Schools Week Reporter 5y Schools Week Reporter 5y News Exclusive Ministers ‘knew all along’ free school meal vouchers would cover Easter Ministers have been accused of knowing “all along” they would extend the national voucher scheme into the Easter holidays…. Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y Newer 1 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 974 Older