Troubleshooters to keep an eye on struggling tutoring programme The Department for Education has set up a ‘strategic tutoring advisory group’
Councils seize millions earmarked for special schools Special schools are being starved of extra cash that instead is being passed on to their mainstream counterparts
Onscreen exams can’t ‘experiment with pupils’ futures’ – Ofqual chair Tech in exams ‘a case of when not if’, but regulator’s job is not to be ‘evangelist of technology’, says Bauckham
‘Remarkable’ improvement in ethnic minorities’ GCSEs, but some fall further behind But researchers warn educational success has ‘not yet translated’ in earnings
‘Disbelief’ as DfE pays out up to £4m to run tutors website Firm will support the DfE to ‘build and run the service’ to help schools find tuition partners
Council fails to ensure all schools ‘accommodate’ SEND pupils Government intervention on the cards after damning inspection of Kent’s SEND services
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