Turing Scheme

‘Alarm’ as two-thirds of schools’ Turing Scheme bids snubbed

Ministers told to better support schools through foreign trips scheme as acceptance rate drops from 90% to 30%

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Conservatives propose exclusion ‘presumption’ for violent pupils

Shadow education secretary also says her party would make alternative provision ‘independent’ of councils and stop unregistered settings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

DfE swings axe on teacher training bursaries after recruitment pick-up

Cuts revealed for teacher training incentives in English, maths, biology, geography music, and languages – despite Labour’s recruitment pledge

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

‘It’s too late to do anything’: How Williamson responded to Covid grade concerns

United Learning CEO Sir Jon Coles reveals education secretary’s response to concerns over 2020’s algorithm grades plan

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Ofsted

‘No real subject inspection left’: Spielman slams Ofsted reforms

Report cards will ‘take out everything that amounts to a serious review of what’s taught and how it’s taught’,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Matt Hood to lead new health reforms ‘delivery unit’

Oak National Academy founder to run new team under health secretary Wes Streeting to cut hospital waiting times and…

John Dickens
John Dickens


SEND

‘Best practice’ guidance promised for SEN units

National Children’s Bureau will deliver review on how mainstream schools can set up SEN units as part of government’s…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Edtech

AI questions to be trialled in SATs moderator tests

Government launches trial in bid to cut costs and school workload, amid push to ‘harness the power of AI’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Careers

Pupils’ horizons ‘broadened’ after primary careers training pilot

CPD rolled out to all primaries as teachers report children were less likely to feel held back by gender…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Breakfast clubs

Breakfast clubs ‘not financially viable’, say heads as scheme expands

DfE survey reveals prior concerns from heads over scheme that will now be expanded to 2,000 more schools next…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Covid

Covid inquiry unearths more school pandemic ‘chaos’

And former education secretary says he was given just one day to plan for closing classrooms

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
News

Greater post-16 support in schools ‘untenable’ without investment

Government waters-down language on new responsibilities for schools, but concerns remain

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker