Schools

Thousands wait months for DBS checks as police overwhelmed

As many as one in ten school workers faced waits of over 60 days in some areas last year,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Council’s £800 exercise results in £1.2m school funding boost

It has prompted fresh calls for a system of auto-enrolment for free school meals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Catch up: Some tutoring may have harmed pupil outcomes

But study into Randstad-run year of NTP found school-led tutoring likely led to 'small' boost in results

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

SEND system is ‘lose, lose, lose’, admits Keegan

Education secretary also says parents use 'tribunal factor' to get kids into 'very expensive independent schools'

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Pupil number forecast revised up, but steep decline still expected

Higher-than-expected primary pupil numbers in this year's school census may be the reason, says DfE

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

RAAC confirmed at 214 schools, says DfE

Number of confirmed cases up by 24 per cent in a month

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Freddie Whittaker
Exams

GCSE disadvantage gap widens again

Gap in attainment between poorer pupils and better-off peers widest since 2011

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Best headteachers add two GCSE grades, landmark study finds

First study of its kind tracks impact of school leaders on pupil progress, teacher turnover and absences

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

School improvement role for Ofsted risks ‘mission creep’, MPs warned

Labour wants watchdog to be improver and inspector, but academy sector leader warns it's 'tricky territory'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker