News

Ofqual fines Pearson £2m for exam rule breaches

Exam board apologises after breaches affected tens of thousands of students taking language qualifications

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

52% of teachers report homeless children in their school, study shows

Research shows pupils who live in temporary accommodation are missing school, arriving tired, and experiencing poor mental health

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

Schools lack resources to keep pupils with SEND – Ofsted

Report reveals inconsistent support for pupils with SEND who are out of school and at risk of leaving

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

Six things MPs heard about school transport this week

Committee discusses how to get a handle on rising costs, as home-to-school transport bill reaches £2.3bn

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Income data to replace free school meals as trigger for disadvantage funding

Government 'will design new model' for allocating the pupil premium and other disadvantage cash

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Schools ‘expected’ to use new capped supply agency deal

DfE launches 'maximising value for pupils' programme aimed at helping schools find savings

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Recruitment and retention

Trainee teacher numbers rise by 11%, but secondary target still not met

Secondary recruitment hits 88 per cent of target, while primary over-recruits by 26 per cent after targets cut by...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Behaviour

Abuse over phone bans ‘unacceptable’, and 5 other things we learned from Phillipson

The education secretary took questions from MPs about teacher recruitment, SEND deficits, language take-up and trans guidance

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

‘Urgent clarity’ sought on flagship DfE schemes after Ofsted grade reform

Union leaders demand clarity on how schools will qualify for exemplar schemes that previously required 'good' or 'outstanding' Ofsted...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks