News GCSE results will suffer ‘well into 2030s’ due to Covid – study Academics warn of ‘unprecedented’ widening of the attainment gap, in a post-Covid ‘double whammy’ Lucas Cumiskey 2h Lucas Cumiskey 2h Exams Deprived schools more likely to see progress 8 scores fall Analysis comes as Covid impact and potential Labour changes may spell end to measure in its current form Freddie Whittaker 9h Freddie Whittaker 9h Movers and Shakers Movers and shakers: McCandless, Coiffait-Gunn, MacKenzie, Robinson, Uttley, Spackman Leader who worked on Bill Clinton’s campaign and journalist who dined with Donald Trump among those with new jobs… Freddie Whittaker 17h Freddie Whittaker 17h Ofsted DfE: ‘No plans’ to change single-phrase Ofsted judgments The government will respond to MPs’ concerns this Thursday Lucas Cumiskey 1d Lucas Cumiskey 1d SATs Exclusive Primaries fail to opt out of SATs – but say they won’t be testing FOI data reveals just 7 per cent of primary schools opted out of receiving KS1 papers Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d Recruitment Focus on recruitment schemes that will make a difference, ministers urged A Schools Week FOI revealed a government scheme to recruit armed forces veterans has tanked Lucas Cumiskey 3d Lucas Cumiskey 3d Oak National Academy Oak CEO hunt surpasses a year Vacancy for £120k-a-year role remains unfilled 12 months since applications closed Samantha Booth 4d Samantha Booth 4d Academies Exclusive Trusts struggling to close ‘unacceptable’ gender pay gap The gap did narrow at 12 of the 20 biggest trusts but there has been little progress in recent… Lucas Cumiskey 4d Lucas Cumiskey 4d School land Exclusive Ministers eye new ‘spot checks’ to monitor playing field sell-offs Government reveals new measures ‘under consideration’ to check land sale conditions have been met Jack Dyson 5d Jack Dyson 5d School funding Teaching assistants cut in 75% of primary schools More headteachers cut staff amid warning primaries face ‘rapid deterioration’ due to funding woes Schools Week Reporter 5d Schools Week Reporter 5d MATs Exclusive Trust sues ex-bosses over global business trips, holiday cottages – and wants wages repaid Full story of the landmark SchoolsCompany Trust court case as trustees chased for missing £2.8 million Freddie Whittaker 5d Freddie Whittaker 5d Academies Investigation Academy commissioner costs soar by 40% after restructure Teams now cost more than £3,000 for each of England’s academies Jack Dyson 5d Jack Dyson 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 892 Older