Hardship funding barely dents school deficits Analysis of hardship funding shows that the allocation for one county was less than the deficit of just one of its schools
Inside the first ‘education hackathon’ Gillian Keegan is determined artificial intelligence has its place in education. A ‘hackathon’ in London tried it out…
Key stage 1 SATs paper plan a ‘breathtaking waste of money’ Schools will receive test papers unless they opt out, despite the assessments being non-statutory from this year
School support staff unions accept £1,925 pay deal Pay deal will cost schools around £1bn, leaving budgets ‘tight’
Sir Ian Bauckham appointed interim Ofqual chief Current chair of the regulator to serve for 12 month period from January after Dr Jo Saxton departs for UCAS job
Tory donors leave Education Policy Institute board as election looms Sir Paul Marshall and Lord Nash will step down as trustees of the think tank, as David Laws moves to chair role
Councils urged to create ‘voluntary’ home education registers DfE also recommends data-sharing with police and GPs as plans for a compulsory register remain in the long grass
Labour would scrap minimum service levels for schools Bridget Phillipson says ‘attack on the rights of working people’ is an ‘admission of failure’ over last year’s pay dispute
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, investigation reveals