Exam appeals plummet in wake of grading fiasco The number of appeals against GCSE and A-level grades was 23% lower last year than in pre-pandemic 2019
Up to 2,000 schools sought for air quality monitoring project Free monitors rollout follows calls for monitoring in public spaces by the chief medical officer
Ofsted: NAHT to ask members not to work as inspectors Leaders who inspect other schools are ‘part of the problem’, warn conference delegates
MAT inspections are inevitable, so let’s start planning now There is time for the government, Ofsted and others to invest in a programme of research
Keep BTECs until T-levels prove their worth, say MPs Education committee casts doubts on government’s bonfire of technical qualifications
Academy trust in union row over £1.5m support staff ‘back pay’ United Learning slams ‘untrue’ Unison accusations it is ‘withholding pay’
Teacher strikes: NAHT will re-ballot school leaders Leaders of all four unions to announce plan to co-ordinate industrial action as pay dispute escalates
Heads fearing ‘bankruptcy’ should use cost-cutters, says DfE Department funding chief says ‘we recognise every year there are some schools which face real financial challenges’
Lower-rated schools to get falling roll cash, but not for 18 months DfE to proceed with a suite of amendments to its national funding formula