Shortening apprenticeships will give teacher training ‘flexibility’ DfE plans to change minimum apprenticeship course length to eight months, which could align teaching courses with other routes
‘Lower your tone’: The DfE’s account of THAT Birbalsingh meeting Government’s minutes claim education secretary had to ask head to ‘allow me to finish my sentences’, amid repeated interruptions
Holiday activities and food scheme secures funding for another year … … but funding beyond the 2025-26 financial year depends on the government’s current spending review
Who are the ‘stuck’ schools in line for £100k support? Most are already academies, and a third won’t be eligible because of recent ‘structural change’
Some mental health schemes actually ‘increased emotional difficulties’, finds landmark trial Four out of five interventions tested in government-funded trial led to ‘adverse’ or ‘negative’ effects on some pupils
DfE abandons plan to scrap free school faith admissions cap The previous Conservative government consulted on the proposals last year
Labour reformer among four appointed to DfE board Naomi Eisenstadt, Steve Crocker, Rebecca George and Margaret Casely-Hayford will each earn £15,000 for around 24 days’ work per year
£2m for ‘writing framework’, CPD and resources fund DfE says new guidance will ‘articulate a common approach to teaching writing rooted in evidence and good practice’
Schools bill: Academies may need permission ‘to build a bike shed’ Schools would need to get written permission for any change of building – including any ‘wholly or mainly’ enclosed outdoor structure