Zahawi won’t set ‘arbitrary deadline’ for academy ambition Education secretary faces calls for clarity over academies plans
Zahawi pledges to put wellbeing ‘at the centre of everything we do in schools’ Education secretary to address heads in first speech to sector today
Experts challenge ministers over £3k ‘levelling up premium’ Details are scarce on policy rehashed from retention scheme scrapped in 2020
State V private school funding gap widens IfS analysis finds average private school fees are now 92 per cent higher than state funding
Schools can seek Ofsted deferral for vaccine clashes DfE tells heads vaccine rollout ‘should take priority’
2021 autumn A-level ‘resit’ entries plummet 56% Ofqual reveals just 8,880 entries have been made for autumn A-level exams, down from 20,100 in 2020
Zahawi commissions absenteeism ‘deep-dive’ by DfE and Ofsted Education secretary concerned about Covid absences and ‘persistent absenteeism’
Covid absences rise two thirds in a fortnight More than 100,000 pupils off with confirmed Covid last week, DfE data suggests
Zahawi to ‘tackle innumeracy and illiteracy’ with white paper next year The education secretary addressed the Conservative Party conference