All 5 to 11-year-olds to be offered Covid vaccine Javid accepts JCVI recommendation of ‘non-urgent offer’ of paediatric dose to all primary-aged pupils
DfE publishes ESFA review and reorganisation plans Government confirms move to nine RSC regions and for a new ‘dedicated’ schools group at the DfE
Schools face Progress 8 drop as early entries left out of league tables Leaders renew calls for league tables to be scrapped this year after DfE says results from early entries won’t count
Councils cut primary school places as baby boom flattens Pupil numbers are expected to fall by around 300,000 over the next five years
‘Elite’ sixth forms have fewer poor students, study finds Ministers want more sixth forms that send pupils to top universities as part of ‘levelling-up’ agenda
Early GCSE results won’t count in 2022 league tables Qualifications entered early in 2020 and 2021 won’t count towards progress 8 scores of current year 11 cohort
Covid pupil absences fall, but 320,000 still off Leaders still facing ‘major headache’ as almost one in ten staff remain absent
Academies system has given politicians too much power, says ex-DfE boss Ex-permanent secretary says academisation has left school system ‘more centralised than it should be’
Remote admissions appeals here to stay as DfE seeks to make Covid changes permanent Hearings would also be allowed to continue with just two panelists if one withdraws