Solutions

Cinema trips and summer schools boost attendance 

We look at a school bucking the national trend of rising absences to learn how they're doing it

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Five things we learned about the teacher workforce from the STRB report

Teachers' pay has been eroded far more sharply than other professions, data shows

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Private school VAT raids: What’s the actual impact?

Settings reduce fees and boost bursaries as tax changes take effect, but more pupils leave than government predicted

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Recruitment and retention

DfE chief: ‘We can support schools to be more efficient’

Susan Acland-Hood also claims pledge to recruit 6,500 more teachers is underway, but cannot explain policy

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Revealed: The school pupils who disengage during ‘Year 7 dip’

Studies should be 'warning sign' for early intervention, say experts

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Civil service

Senior civil servants ‘don’t know very much about education’

Academy chief and ex-senior DfE official says moving between departments 'erodes' capacity

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Mental health

Where are we on Labour’s mental health promises?

Is the government delivering on its pledges? Schools Week takes a look...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Exams

British Sign Language GCSE ‘unlikely before 2028’

The Department for Education initially hoped the qualification would be launched in autumn this year

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Maths hubs

Maths hubs funding drops (but DfE says it’s not a cut)

Leaders say the funding fall could result in redundancies and less support for teachers

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks