Schools

Support for returning teachers extended amid recruitment woes

All former secondary teachers will now be able to access support from an adviser previously reserved for "priority" subjects

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

DfE adds ‘extreme heat’ to school emergency planning guidance

After a scorching summer, the DfE has added 'extreme heat' to its list of potential emergency scenarios schools should...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Ministers’ bursaries cuts bruise teacher recruitment

Findings suggest decision to slash bursaries after shortlived recruitment boom is now 'compounding' challenges

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Schools struggle to find the support staff they need

Support staff vacancies have nearly doubled, new analysis suggests, leaving heads to fill growing gaps

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

‘Grim news’: Secondary teacher recruits fall a third short

Schools will now need a teacher retention boost to avoid recruitment crisis worsening, experts say

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

How schools are cutting through the fog on vaping

Some secondary schools resort to exclusions and toilet bans for pupils caught vaping on the premises

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

School governing boards becoming less diverse, research suggests

Just 6 per cent of governors were black, Asian or minority ethnic, despite a drive to make boards more...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Songs and marmalade sandwiches: Schools remember The Queen

Schools across the country mark the monarch's passing on the first day of mourning

Amy Walker
Amy Walker and Samantha Booth
News

DfE scheme to lure back physics teachers recruits just 23 in two years

The Government scheme had prioritised the reinstatement of former physics teachers but numbers of those recruited show its efforts...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker