A-level disadvantage gap widest since records began New data also shows record number of schools needing extra arrangements for exam students
DfE academy troubleshooter banned from teaching for ‘bullying’ staff Teaching Regulation Agency panel finds Sarah Gillett ‘engineered’ redundancy ‘in retaliation’ for grievance
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
Ofsted to carry out review of schools’ careers guidance Watchdog to recommend improvements in practice by next autumn
‘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 to leave next May
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
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
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
‘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 being met