News Academy loses fight with council on restricting pupil numbers An academy that wanted to reduce its admissions to restrict the number of pupils it had to accept mid-year… Nicky Phillips 5y Nicky Phillips 5y News We should have protected whistleblowers, says DfE The Department for Education has admitted it should have redacted the names of whistleblowers who gave evidence as part… Nicky Phillips 5y Nicky Phillips 5y News DfE to consult on post-qualification admissions as Williamson signals ‘radical change’ Education secretary Gavin Williamson has signalled plans to “radically change” the university admissions system which is “letting down” the brightest… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Exclusive Technical woes hinder Oxbridge entry tests Pupils’ hopes of studying at Oxford and Cambridge may be in jeopardy as admission exams, switched to an online… Nicky Phillips 5y Nicky Phillips 5y News Government to ‘examine possibility’ of collecting data on bubbles and ventilation The government could soon provide data on the use of bubbles and ventilation of school buildings and will run… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Investigation Holiday hunger providers demand ‘multi-year funding’ as DfE extends scheme The government must allocate “multi-year funding” for its holiday activities and food programme, previous recipients said after the announcement… Nicky Phillips 5y Nicky Phillips 5y News Child infection rate rise began when schools reopened, but direct link ‘unproven’, says SAGE Increases in infection levels among children and young adults began around the same time schools reopened, but a direct… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive Schools miss out as £2.2m cut from overhauled support scheme The government has cut funding promised to schools for improvement support after the scheme was repurposed to help leaders… Nicky Phillips 5y Nicky Phillips 5y 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 Newer 1 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 988 Older
