Exclusions

Ban on legal aid for exclusions cases challenged

Permission has been granted for a test case arguing parents should get access to public funding to challenge potentially...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
ITT

Teacher trainers deluged by unsuitable international applicants

DfE is trying to stay 'on the front foot' to help teacher trainers deal with a huge influx of...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Report reveals how top trusts closed ethnicity attainment gap

Diversifying curriculum was one of the successful strategies in government study commissioned after Sewell report

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Help us ‘minimise’ exclusions, councils tell regional directors

The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) wants academy regulators to 'play greater role' in cutting exclusions

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Only public confidence stopping us from using AI in marking, says AQA

AQA's boss said artificial intelligence could be used 'pretty much tomorrow morning' to mark markers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Thousands more kids leaving school without GCSE grades ‘new norm’

Analysis shows 3.3 per cent of pupils received no grade in English in 2023, compared with 1.7 per cent...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Ministers mull putting solar panels on disused school land

Plan would allow schools to generate their own electricity, says Baroness Barran

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Educational psychologists on strike: ‘It’s all crumbling’

Members of the Association of Educational Psychologists went on strike for the first time in decades this week

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

1 in 5 schools face handing back all their tutoring cash

More than 4,000 schools did not submit their end of year tutoring statement last month

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth