Exams

Ministers mull scrapping Gove’s Russell Group school metric

It follows calls from a House of Lords committee to review destination measures

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

More than 10,000 pupils ‘fall through the cracks’ – de Souza

Children’s commissioner makes wide-ranging recommendations to make school system more ‘inclusive’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Home education

Rate of pupils leaving for home education doubles

Poorer areas see some of the biggest rises, as more parents withdraw children because of unmet needs

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Unions express ‘frustration and disquiet’ after DfE pay evidence delayed

Missed deadline comes after STRB remit letter was issued just days before Christmas

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

New legal duty on school staff to report child sexual abuse

Home Office outlines new safeguarding requirement – but few details confirmed and no date for introduction yet

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Behaviour

de Souza wants to check how many schools ban phones

Children’s commissioner tells MPs she’d like to use her statutory powers to get clear picture of practice in schools

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


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