Teacher training

‘Excessive’ 20 hours mentor training requirement scrapped

The government will also launch a new re-accreditation round for initial teacher training providers in spring

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

EEF regional partnerships to help 300 schools boost outcomes

Charity says £700,000 two-year projects will create 10 partnerships, each led by an EEF-supported research school

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Youth club closures affected GCSE results, warns IfS report

Study also estimates that for every £1 saved from closing youth clubs, ‘there are societal costs of nearly £3’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Council bankruptcy fear ‘dominates’ SEND reform thinking – DfE aide

Government adviser also warns of a ‘fear factor’ around reform, and a risk parents will say ‘you’re taking our…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Three ways to target school funding at worst-off pupils

Education Policy Institute urges new government to use falling rolls to target up to £640m a year at ‘persistently…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Sixth form college teachers vote to strike over ‘farcical’ pay situation

NEU announces strikes at 32 sixth form colleges on November 28, December 3 and 4

Freddie Whittaker
Anviksha Patel


Ofsted

Judging schools on middle-class admissions isn’t even possible, says Ofsted

Official also says the watchdog will draw on its off-rolling clampdown as it develops inclusivity checks

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

EPI calls for review of phonics screening check

Researchers argue there’s ‘no evidence’ the checks led to improved outcomes

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Education policy

New institute hopes to inform and reform policy-making

Body set up by leading education experts wants to take classroom evidence revolution into national policy making

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

Hacked pupil records at Capita rise to more than 50k

A full investigation reveals more pupil records have been impacted than initially thought

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Funding cut may force trusts to scrap expansion plans

Warning made as trusts left up to £100,000 out of pocket after government scrapped capacity funding

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exams

AQA uses injunction to clamp down on exam paper cheats

England’s largest exam board said it is taking ‘proactive enforcement against those who try to undermine confidence in exams’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth