Scaled scores for 2023 key stage 1 SATs announced DfE reveals how many marks pupils will need to reach its ‘expected standard’
Familiar face returns to DfE schools adviser role Teacher training reforms architect back at the DfE after eight-month stint at University of Exeter
Soaring food costs leave special schools with hole in budgets Unlike mainstream schools, schools for children with special needs do not receive specific funding for some free meals
Law change eases way for church schools to academise The government has revived a law change from its scrapped schools bill, removing a ‘significant barrier’ to the academisation of church schools
It’s the same pay for double the work, say SATs markers Capita faces criticism over slashed marking rates for the second year running
Ministers abandon hope of Johnson’s six million tutoring target Subsidy change means schools will fork out less for tutoring next year, but half as many courses will be funded
Unusual trust job ad seeks ‘Curmudgeonly Eccentric Oddball’ Special school MAT admits it is ‘not entirely sure’ what the CEO role entails
School building condition data will be published this term, says Gibb Pledge comes almost four years after landmark survey of schools was completed
DfE to increase tutoring subsidy to 50% next year as take-up stalls But no extra cash as ministers bank on continued lower-than-expected take-up