News Exclusive DfE spent £50k trying to hide academy chief vetting failure The Department for Education spent almost £50,000 attempting to keep secret its failure to properly vet a businessman it… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Primary place bulge sees more children miss out The number of children offered a place at their preferred primary school this September has fallen in most areas… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Coronavirus: New free schools face disruption after building delays New schools due to open this September are facing delays as construction is suspended or delayed as a result… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Exclusive Coronavirus: Special school sources own PPE to protect staff One of the country’s largest special schools has sourced thousands of pieces of PPE to allow staff to care… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Hub schools ‘may increase coronavirus risk’, DfE warns Hub schools may increase the risk of spreading coronavirus, new government guidance has warned. The Department for Education said… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Exclusive Coronavirus: Williamson pledges to ‘work with the sector’ on school reopenings Gavin Williamson has promised he will “work with the sector” to decide how schools should reopen, but only “when… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News DfE recruiting more expert edtech schools, and offers free Google and Microsoft platform support Schools will be offered government-funded support to use Google and Microsoft’s education platforms, with more edtech “demonstrator schools” established… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Decision on how to grade thousands of BTECs and other quals left to awarding bodies Exam boards will be left to decide which of the thousands of BTECs and other technical qualifications can be… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Ofqual’s proposals for awarding vocational and technical qualifications: A speed read Ofqual has today published a consultation on how it proposes to award vocational and technical qualifications this summer. Here’s… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive Long-Bailey: Lack of ‘overarching message’ on education contributed to Labour’s defeat The lack of an “overarching message” from Labour on its flagship national education service was one of the reasons… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive Coronavirus: Williamson seeks to reassure heads over free laptops scheme The government hopes its first batch of free laptops and tablets will reach pupils “within weeks”, despite an initial… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive How the government’s free school meals voucher scheme is leaving children without food “I’ve got nothing. No milk, no bread, no food, nothing.” That was the voicemail message a school received from… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y Newer 1 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 980 Older
