AQA keeps exam fee rises to ‘bare minimum’ after backlash Largest exam board faced pushback when it hiked exam fees by 5% last academic year
Ian Bauckham made permanent chair of Ofqual Academy trust boss has been exams regulator’s interim chair for a year
Plan B: What does this mean for schools? No change on face masks, don’t move teaching online and inspections cancelled
MPs want mental health support teams extended to all schools in six years Committee calls for ‘urgent action’ to prevent services slipping backwards
Four more leaders wanted for behaviour hubs expansion DfE seeks ‘school partnership leads’ for project aimed at supporting 500 schools
Heads blast ministers as Covid thwarts nativities again Prime minister Boris Johnson urged schools not to cancel nativity plays this week
DfE delays ITT market review reforms for a year Providers will now have to comply with new requirements from 2024-25
Council has right to see home educated pupils’ work, court finds But lawyers warn this shouldn’t be a ‘green light’ for local authorities to become more ‘prescriptive’
Omicron case ‘linked’ to Essex primary school Investigations into spread of variant also taking place at Nottingham school