Covid: Year 1 pupils furthest behind in reading, study finds Youngest pupils have been worst-affected by partial school closures, and show less signs of recovery
‘Put the blinkers on and ignore Ofsted’ says government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh says she doesn’t see inspectorate as a ‘force for good’
Labour will ‘look at’ Ofsted grades as part of watchdog reforms Shadow education secretary says parents don’t always have a ‘clear sense’ of what school ratings mean
Pay reforms leave women teachers out of pocket Decline in progression after 2014 reforms ‘more pronounced’ for part-time staff, DfE analysis finds
Teacher pay: 8 interesting findings from the DfE’s STRB evidence Ministers’ submission includes analysis of the teacher recruitment and retention market, as well as staff pay trends
Stop ‘clogging’ curriculum with ‘reams of guidance’, Barton tells ministers Union leader says it’s time to ‘strip back our national curriculum to its essential core’
Nearly 10% of year 11s still absent from school as exams loom Leaders describe new data as ‘extremely worrying’ as exam students remain worst-hit by absences
IFS: Most teachers will still be worse off after pay rise Starting salaries will rise, but more experienced teachers face 5% real-terms pay cut, warns think tank
Most councils don’t know how many children are ‘missing’ education Children’s commissioner calls for reform after finding ‘significant weaknesses’ in data held by local authorities