Staff absences at twice pre-Covid levels as winter illnesses take their toll Unions call for the government to cover the cost of supply staff and improve ventilation
School aims to cut energy costs with Christmas single A song recorded by pupils at Barn Croft Primary School in east London has already raised £26,000 towards solar panels
Teach pupils about modern antisemitism, warns Lord Mann The government’s independent adviser on antisemitism has said Holocaust education itself is ‘not enough’ to combat anti-Jewish hatred
Rebuild snub for over half of schools ‘at risk of closure’ Most ‘exceptional cases’ applications for flagship rebuilding programme miss out
NAHT deputy general secretary to take up charity CEO role Nick Brook, who has been in post at the school leaders’ union for six years, has been appointed CEO of social mobility charity Speakers for Schools
43% rise in pupils caught cheating after exams return Student penalties up more than two-fifths in 2022 compared to 2019, with mobile phones making up the majority of exam offences
Link family income data to pupil attainment, says EPI Think tank warns changing profile of group eligible for free school meals mean it’s not a simple metric for disadvantage
MP: Ofsted sent ‘rogue hit squad’ to my child’s school Philip Hollobone claimed the team sent to inspect Bishop Stopford School had a ‘prearranged agenda’
School attendance dip follows rise in strep A cases Figures from more than 4,000 schools also show absences at the start of December were higher than at the same time last year