League tables

Grammars top league tables as attainment replaces progress 8

Progress 8 cannot be calculated this year and next because SATs were cancelled for two years during the pandemic

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News

‘Double disadvantage’: Poorer pupils with SEND less likely to get EHCPs

Sutton Trust warns of 'double disadvantage' with poorer families 'less able to navigate the system'

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News

Capacity checkers launch primary school visits

Move follows 'successful' phase of project that assessed capacity of secondary and special schools

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Exclusions

‘Financial blackmail’: Council to charge schools £21k ‘exclusion levy’

Devon says rising exclusions are no longer affordable, but planned 'exclusion levy' could raise £5.1 million

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Exam boards’ plans for on-screen GCSE exams delayed

Proposals from all three exam boards to introduce digital exams have fallen behind schedule

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Recruitment and retention

Primary teacher recruitment target missed by biggest gap on record

Secondary recruitment targets also missed by nearly 40 per cent - but it's an improvement on last year

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Ofsted

Ofsted chair Dame Christine Ryan to step down

Education secretary praises Ryan for leadership during 'a period of significant challenges'

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SEND

Kent special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans

Mainstream schools are to be more inclusive and high-needs spending brought under control

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A third of schools snap up free portrait of the King (at cost of £1m)

New figures reveal take-up of controversial scheme to offer King Charles portrait to all public bodies

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