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Schools

Half of councils face funding shortfall under Khan’s school meal scheme

Analysis suggests funding for the extension of universal free school meals will leave a shortfall of £33 million across...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Careers

Careers: Schools will be ‘expected’ to report Gatsby progress

DfE plans 'digital front door' for online guidance as it signals move to 'unified' careers system

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Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

‘I don’t really care anymore’: Parent apathy on attendance laid bare

Report exposes 'fundamental breakdown in the relationship between schools and parents'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

NASUWT: 1 in 4 secondaries expect disruption as teachers work to rule

Polling data shows 14% of secondary teachers and 5% of primary teachers planned to take part in industrial action

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: 8 things we learned from Baroness Barran

Minister and DfE boss appear in front of MPs as number of affected schools balloons to 174

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: DfE lists 174 schools now affected

Government reveals 27 more schools have had RAAC identified in their buildings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Delayed DBS checks leave teachers waiting in the wings

Target to process four in five enhanced checks for education staff missed in August, figures show

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Freddie Whittaker
ChatGPT

ChatGPT: One in three teachers use AI to help with school work

Proportion of teachers and leaders reporting using the technology has doubled in five months

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Freddie Whittaker
Catch-up

NELI catch-up scheme boosted children’s language by 4 months

Evaluation also finds pupils eligible for free school meals made even more progress from national roll-out of intervention

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker