News

Boris Johnson pledges £4.6bn per year extra for schools (but not until 2022!)

Boris Johnson has upped his funding promise for schools, vowing to provide £4.6 billion per year extra by 2022...

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John Dickens
News

DfE writes off failed Schools Company Trust’s £3m debt

The government has written off £3 million it was owed by the failed Schools Company Trust, with officials now...

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John Dickens
News

DfE facing legal action after ‘insulting’ £100 offer to would-be teachers it wrongly failed

The Department for Education is facing legal action after offering an “insulting” £100 to compensate would-be teachers it incorrectly...

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John Dickens
News

Schools face axing more teaching assistants, DfE-commissioned report finds

Schools face having to axe more support staff under budget squeezes, new government research has found, with leaders concerned...

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John Dickens
News

Teacher retention rates are worsening, and 7 other school workforce findings

The Department for Education has today published the latest school workforce census (November 2018). Schools Week has the key...

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John Dickens
Opinion

We’ve got £200m to help solve youth crime – here’s how schools can apply

Schools across the country are doing their best to respond to issues outside their gates, as we see more...

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ANDY RATCLIFFE
Opinion

Ofsted’s worrying reliability findings won’t comfort heads who get ‘the call’ in a couple of months

In a report on the future of Ofsted that accompanied the launch of our new think tank called EDSK...

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TOM RICHMOND
News

DfE tops ‘departments of concern’ list in watchdog’s end-of-year report

The Department for Education tops a “departments of concern” list in the end-of-year report by the chair of the...

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John Dickens
News

Government warns academies as email ‘phishing’ scams inflict financial losses

Academies and other educational institutions are being warned about new cyber-attacks which have already claimed some victims and resulted...

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John Dickens