Schools

New Michaela Stevenage school scrapped over lack of ‘basic need’

Headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh says opening second school would be 'financially detrimental' to other settings in the area

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted to carry out review of schools’ careers guidance

Watchdog to recommend improvements in practice by next autumn

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Samantha Booth
Politics

‘Voluntary exit’ scheme launched as DfE seeks to lose 10% of staff

Staff without 'skills the department needs for the future' to be offered three weeks’s salary per year of service...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Barran: Investment firms ‘lecturing’ government on Oak ‘sticks in throat’

Academies minister says quango will not 'distort' curriculum and is a 'strategic investment' amid Lords questioning

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

20% rise in cost-cutter savings and 6 more ESFA accounts findings

Government agency also admits it paid £2.1m to the wrong organisation - but managed to get the funds back

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Solutions

The knock on the door: A simple solution to poor attendance?

We visited a school where staff did 4,000 home visits in one year to support pupils

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

‘Don’t call us ghost children’: The vulnerable families who fear school return

Push to get children back to the classroom leaves families with severe health conditions feeling their needs are not...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

1 in 10 schools shun tutor scheme, as workload woes revealed

More than nine in 10 senior school leaders say their workload increased with the National Tutoring Programme, a new...

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Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Schools ‘don’t really know’ if tutoring is working, Ofsted finds

School inspectorate says most schools had not been assessing tuition effectively

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth