Covid Exclusive Masks back in class at Oasis schools as other trusts weigh similar move Oasis said other academy trusts were also considering going beyond DfE guidance to tackle Omicron Tom Belger 1mo Tom Belger 1mo Covid Covid savings fuel record turnaround in maintained school finances Lower energy and exam costs saved schools millions during lockdowns Tom Belger 1mo Tom Belger 1mo Teacher pay Zahawi asks STRB for two-year pay plan to help achieve £30k salary pledge Education secretary tells pay review body he wants a ‘significant uplift’ to starting salaries Freddie Whittaker 1mo Freddie Whittaker 1mo Covid DfE worried own catch-up plan ‘insufficient’ to fix learning loss Official documents reveal DfE predicted earlier this year its recovery efforts could fail Freddie Whittaker 1mo Freddie Whittaker 1mo Academies DfE lets Harris and Oasis off the hook for £9.4m academy sponsor contributions The government has written off cash owed as collection efforts have been ‘exhausted’ Tom Belger 1mo Tom Belger 1mo Politics DfE top boss handed £278k payout to leave after exams fiasco Jonathan Slater had just eight months left in post, but was pushed out in spate of perm sec departures Tom Belger 1mo Tom Belger 1mo Schools Exclusive 400 schools sign up to take collective action against SIMS However the DfE has given schools the green light to proceed with sign-up James Carr 1mo James Carr 1mo Covid DfE looks to ex-teachers to fill Covid staffing gaps Leaders also asked to ‘use their own networks to encourage sign-up’ Tom Belger 1mo Tom Belger 1mo Exams Just 195 of 5.7m teacher grades changed after exam board reviews Just 195 of 5.7 million GCSE and A-level teacher assessed grades (TAGS) were changed after being reviewed by exam… Samantha Booth 1mo Samantha Booth 1mo Ofsted Attendance a ‘stubborn concern’, and 4 more findings from Ofsted recovery research Many schools have introduced a ‘recovery curriculum’ to aid catch-up James Carr 1mo James Carr 1mo Covid Fines for school absence plummet by 86 per cent The government wants councils and schools to ramp up enforcement Tom Belger 1mo Tom Belger 1mo Covid DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term The scheme was reintroduced last month amid rising rates James Carr 1mo James Carr 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 706 Older Must read Covid Exclusive DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and… James Carr 5mo James Carr 5mo Covid Academy trusts’ cash stash rises to £3bn despite pandemic pressures Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department… Tom Belger 7mo Tom Belger 7mo
