DfE forms ITT ‘sufficiency group’ amid fears review will slash providers by a third Ministers anticipate that only around 80 more providers will get through in second accreditation round
Education funding now ‘less progressive’, warns IFS ‘Levelling-up’ under threat as demographic changes and policy decisions mean less extra funding is targeted at poorer pupils
Schools can ignore trans pupils’ gender preference, claims attorney general But heads say claims schools can ban trans pupils from toilets or wearing uniform of their chosen gender just ‘muddy water’
New Schools Network launches ‘innovation fund’ to spend £650k reserves Closing charity seeks applications from schools and trusts that aim to end educational inequality
Oasis school where half of pupils don’t turn up rated ‘inadequate’ Trust said disengagement after pandemic and financial hardship behind absence rates amid government attendance crackdown
Teach First will support ‘closure’ of ITT providers under £75k contract Teacher training charity and Worcester University win contracts to provide ‘ITT market quality associates’
3,000 don’t complete courses as Covid disrupts teacher training Impact of decision to allow trainees affected by Covid to extend their courses begins to show
Teachers back digital exams in principle, but school tech not yet up to scratch Research by exam board AQA finds substantial barriers to digitising exams in England, despite support for the model
DfE ditches 7-year plan to legislate on summer-born admissions Ministers have been promising a law change on the issue since 2015, but say they will no longer pursue it