Mobile phones

Fully ban phones in schools if crackdown doesn’t work, say MPs

Committee also calls for ‘kitemarking’ for education apps and better digital literacy education as it raises concerns over data…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exams

Sir Ian Bauckham is Keegan’s pick for permanent Ofqual chief

But his confirmation will be left up to whoever forms the next government

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

DfE civil servants churn endangers next government’s reforms

Number of staff leaving the DfE has almost doubled since before the pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Struggling schools miss out on ‘hardship’ funding

One local authority kept the entire government allocation to itself to cover its own deficit

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Attendance

Butlin’s accused of ‘undermining’ school absence fight

Holiday firm offers four-night ‘showtime term-time midweek breaks’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Election 2024

Election 2024: The schools policies now in limbo as purdah looms

Restriction on announcements and decisions begins on Saturday ahead of July 4 poll

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Exams

Civil service boss: Covid exams U-turn ‘most awful governing ever’

Simon Case said in August 2020 that ‘lots of people should lose their heads’ over exams fiasco

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Election 2024

Leaders ‘seek assurances’ election won’t ‘halt’ teacher pay process

Leaders fear July 4 poll could further delay STRB process

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

Research to uncover ‘future safety risks’ of crumbling school buildings

AI could be used to spot ‘specific defects’ in post-war buildings

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Election 2024

General election 2024: What does it mean for schools?

Promised new school policies likely to be delayed, how teachers will vote and what policies they favour

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Publish STRB report and pay offer ‘immediately’, unions tell Keegan

Ministers will pay ‘heavy political price’ for any ‘continued failure’ to invest, say unions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Exams: GCSE and A-level prices soar by inflation-busting 6.4%

CPI over the same period was 3.8%, but Ofqual says prices in line with inflation over a longer period

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker