Dire teacher recruitment data should concern policymakers Improving the attractiveness of the teaching profession is an essential and urgent need, writes Jack Worth
DfE’s using ‘influencers’ to boost school attendance The Department for Education also revealed in its response to MPs that the attendance data collection will become mandatory ‘no sooner’ than September
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 discriminatory exclusions
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 international applications
Report reveals how top trusts closed ethnicity attainment gap Diversifying curriculum was one of the successful strategies in government study commissioned after Sewell report
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
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
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 in 2019
Ministers mull putting solar panels on disused school land Plan would allow schools to generate their own electricity, says Baroness Barran