Parents will need council permission to home educate children with protection enquiries or plans Councils will also have to include schools in ‘multi-agency safeguarding teams’
Ofsted proposes giving schools one of five ratings across 10 areas Plans for report cards shared with leaders show schools graded from ‘exemplary’ to ‘causing concern’ against areas including teaching and inclusion
Ofqual investigates extra exam time at private schools Forty-two per cent of private school pupils get extra time, compared to 26.5 per cent of state pupils
First rise in teachers’ pension contributions since 2015 proposed Plans would see employee contribution rates rise by up to £200 a year – but lowest-paid would not be affected
DfE told to abolish ‘overwhelmingly negative’ T-level transition course Think tank says foundation year is ‘failing’ in main aim – promoting progression to T-levels
Leader stress ‘chronic and acute’ as pupil behaviour worsens Education Support warns of ‘disturbingly high rates of stress, anxiety, and burnout’ among school staff
Youth club closures affected GCSE results, warns IfS report Study also estimates that for every £1 saved from closing youth clubs, ‘there are societal costs of nearly £3’
EEF regional partnerships to help 300 schools boost outcomes Charity says £700,000 two-year projects will create 10 partnerships, each led by an EEF-supported research school
Three ways to target school funding at worst-off pupils Education Policy Institute urges new government to use falling rolls to target up to £640m a year at ‘persistently disadvantaged’ pupils