Schools

Pupils share food with classmates amid cost of living crisis

Poll for the NEU finds 37% of children know someone who ‘sometimes does not have enough food to eat…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

GCSEs: What ministers said in response to Lords’ reform calls

DfE rejects calls to scrap the EBacc and for wider reform, but sets out some of its thinking on…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Ex-education secretary to chair OCR curriculum and exams review

Exam board boss said they can ‘create something better across education and assessment’ in secondary schools

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Behaviour

School mobile phone ‘ban’ guidance: What you need to know

DfE publishes non-statutory guidance it says will give ‘hard-working teachers the tools to take action’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: Johanna Klinsky, Jen Barker, Fay MacRitchie, Paul Jones

A leader who turned down a brush with fame and an owner rock memorabilia are among those starting new…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Set Gatsby-style benchmarks for extracurricular activities, says EPI

Targets needed to address ‘concerning inequalities in access’, says think tank

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


Exams

DfE brings in minimum teaching hours for GCSE English and maths resits

Teach maths resit students for at least 4 hours a week and English for 3 or face funding reduction,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Schools

Government told ‘get a grip’ as new crumbly concrete closes schools

Urgent inspections launched after ceiling collapse at primary caused by crumbly concrete that isn’t RAAC

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Mental health

Mental health: Four-week CAMHS wait pledge up in the air

Consultation on plans warned of ‘unintended consequences’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Primary head named as first school safeguarding tsar

Jon Le Fevre will help the DfE explore whether schools should become a fourth safeguarding partner

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher training

Teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates: What you need to know

Degree apprenticeship route into the profession will launch next year with a pilot for 150 maths trainees

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Proportion of teachers taking second jobs jumps 42%

Pay worries grow as one in six teachers admit to earning cash through second jobs

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson