Attendance

New research reveals key drivers behind absence

More focus needed on 'second transition' for pupils leaving year 7 and sanctions deemed 'insufficient'

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Samantha Booth
Schools

Ministers spent £20k covering up £13k influencer spend

Heads union says it's 'pretty dispiriting that the government thinks it can get away with squandering public money in...

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Samantha Booth
School funding

Schools sound alarm over ‘frightening’ 11% funding raid

Council warns it will effectively go bankrupt if its soaring budget black hole is not resolved

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Samantha Booth
SEND

Trusts plan their own private SEND schools amid place crisis

Government free school support contractor working with five academy trusts on proposals to 'drive down prices'

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Samantha Booth
Politics

Phillipson invokes zeal of Gove reforms in Labour schools vision

Former minister brought 'energy and drive and determination' that is required again, says shadow education secretary

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Samantha Booth
Exams

‘This isn’t the end of pen-and-paper exams’, Pearson says as English GCSEs set to go on-screen

The board is the latest to announce its timeline for digital assessment, but will still offer the choice of...

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Samantha Booth
Exams

Ofqual confirms plan for GCSE exam aids in 2024

Exams regulator green lights formulae and equation sheets for one final year

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Samantha Booth
Schools

‘Bankrupt’ councils eye education budgets for savings

School leaders urge government to invest more in public services amid potential cuts

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Samantha Booth
Politics

Government ‘not governing’ as schools policies in limbo

Schools Week analysis finds at least 21 policies promised for this year have yet to materialise

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth