Author: John Dickens

Ofsted has confirmed its new initial teacher education framework will be launched in September before a new cycle of inspections starts in January. Schools Week has everything you need to know.   1. So, what’s changing? There will be two new judgments: ‘quality of education and training’ and ‘leadership and management’. Ofsted says these will […]

The government will extend the initial roll-out of its early career framework to another 3,000 new teachers. Early rollout of the new scheme will be launched as planned this autumn for schools in the north east, Bradford, Doncaster and Greater Manchester. Up to 2,000 new teachers in these areas will get extra training and one-to-one […]

Academy trusts must publish on their websites the number of staff paid over £100,000 from September. The change forms part of the new Academies Financial Handbook, which has also ruled trust cash cannot be used to buy alcohol (unless for use in religious services) and aims to professionalise the role of finance officers in academies. […]

Almost 900 additional schools and colleges will join the government’s careers hubs from September as the programme expands with a £2 million injection. Skills minister Gillian Keegan announced today that the funding for the third wave of the scheme will be shared between 22 local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) across England (list below). Each area either […]

The Oak National Academy will create around 10,000 lessons – including a version of the entire national curriculum – after being handed £4.34 million by the government to continue next year. Schools Week revealed yesterday that the online lessons platform, set up in April, had won Department for Education funding to continue in the 2020-21 […]

The government is set to provide funding to continue the Oak National Academy for another year, Schools Week can reveal. As well as helping schools provide lessons for any pupils still at home in September because they may have to continue shielding, the online academy will be a key part of the government’s contingency planning […]

The £55 million year 7 catch-up premium has been axed, but the government has said the funding will continue through the new national funding formula. In an email from the Department for Education issued at 4.30 pm today, headteachers were told the year 7 catch-up premium will be “discontinued”. The government said ditching the grant […]

The coronavirus-induced recession could reduce teacher recruitment shortages by up to 40 per cent, a new analysis has suggested. The Education Policy Institute predicts around 1,800 more graduates will go into teacher training programmes over the next two years (see graphs below). The boost in numbers during the predicted coronavirus recession is down to jobs […]