News Revealed: The 37 special and AP free schools approved by the DfE Two areas promised special schools have missed out after competitions to find sponsors were unsuccessful. The Department for Education… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive Schools’ tutoring scheme fund raided to pay for new £96m college catch-up A scheme being designed to provide extra tuition for disadvantaged school pupils has been slashed by almost £100 million… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Exclusive Teach First to target axed trainees for new catch-up mentor roles Teach First will attempt to recruit the trainees it dropped earlier this year to become mentors under the national… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Roll-out of ‘hard’ national funding formula delayed … again The roll-out of a “hard” national funding formula has been delayed for at least another year – meaning schools… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News ‘Badly targeted’ £80 per-pupil catch-up cash ‘unlikely’ to stop learning gap widening The government’s £650m catch-up cash is “badly targeted” and “unlikely to prevent a widening” of the learning gap between… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Minimum secondary school per-pupil funding to rise to £5,150 Secondary schools will receive at least £5,150 for each pupil from 2021, the government has announced. Ministers have set… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive Independent review to probe ed tech sector’s response to Covid-19 An independent review is being launched to investigate the response of the education technology sector to the coronavirus pandemic,… Schools Week Reporter 5y Schools Week Reporter 5y News Exclusive Concerns over school meals as two major caterers announce redundancies Fears about the capacity of school catering teams to provide meals from September have been raised after two of… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Reassure parents about safety of schools if you want them to return to work, heads tell PM The government must reassure parents it is safe for their children to return to school if it wants people… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Claudia Harris to step down as Careers and Enterprise Company CEO The chief executive of the Careers and Enterprise Company is to step down to run a firm that supports… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Leicester schools can host summer clubs after relaxation of rules, DfE confirms Schools in Leicester can reopen for summer activities from July 24, the Department for Education has confirmed. Health secretary… Schools Week Reporter 5y Schools Week Reporter 5y News Ministers announce opportunity areas ‘twinning’ project to help address impact of Covid-19 The government’s 12 social mobility opportunity areas will be “twinned” with places facing similar challenges in an effort to… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y Newer 1 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 988 Older