Exams

Ministers hope new GCSE results app will save £30m a year

Almost 100,000 year 11s will receive grades via a government app this year

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

200 schools where few bright girls study maths to get extra support

Government announces details of refreshed Advanced Maths Support Programme after cuts outcry

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
School funding

Harris blames ‘unfunded’ pay rises as it plans redundancies

But NASUWT teaching union accuses academy trust of ‘disgraceful behaviour’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy scandal reports will no longer name offenders

Reports are now ‘outcomes’ of investigations, as opposed to investigation reports

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

The long and winding road for SEND pupils

Travel costs are again in the sights of local authorities desperate to cut costs

Freddie Whittaker
Chaminda Jayanetti
News

Wrack vows to stay put as NASUWT general secretary

Ex-FBU boss will continue to fight for his post as union re-opens nominations following a legal challenge

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


News

NAHT launches legal action over Ofsted reforms

Heads’ union launches claim for judicial review, warning consultation on report cards is inadequate

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

EHRC guidance causes trans toilet trouble for schools

Data suggests as many as one in four schools has mixed-sex toilets

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

RISE improvement advisers: ‘best of the best’ or ‘clipboard carrying bureaucrats’?

Who are the government’s new improvement advisers, and how will they operate?

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment

Is teacher recruitment showing ‘green shoots’ of recovery?

New analysis this week provides a double boost for promises to solve teacher recruitment woes

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Unions

Heads’ union pushes for academies’ right to rejoin councils

In an interview with Schools Week, heads’ leader also urges government not to ‘flinch’ in the face of ‘soft…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools Bill

Oh Lord: Peers now take aim at schools bill

Former Tory ministers warn of ‘get out of jail card’ for ‘incompetent’ school leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker