Schools

DfE’s AI tutoring plan prompt calls for more research

DfE says 450,000 disadvantaged children will benefit, but experts warn evidence on AI provision ‘in its infancy’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Schools could be required to record internal exclusions

Government looks to collect data as it urges schools to send fewer children home

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
SEND

Piloted in-school SEND support ‘cut exclusions’ – report

Standardised EHCPs also welcomed by parents and councils, researchers find

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Councils snub alternative funding to press on with special schools

Local authorities were offered the choice of continuing with projects or taking cash to boost places elsewhere

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Struggling trust failed to clear payment to outgoing ‘senior executive’

MAT also did not conduct internal audit as reserves tumbled due to ‘rising costs’, accounts show

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

‘Barriers’ to upper pay range cause frustration for teachers

Staff report ‘shifting’ goalposts as union warns of ‘significant contribution to the exodus’ of teachers

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


Schools

Speech and language screening pilot reveals ‘shocking’ level of need

Analysis suggests 6 in 10 children given universal screening were found to have speech and language needs

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Dodgy DfE data shortens schools’ working weeks 

Figures suggested one in six schools are not complying with the 32.5 hour week

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
School improvement

‘Schoolboy error’ sees smaller schools escape RISE low attainment crackdown

The DfE has not contacted some primaries potentially needing RISE support because low pupil numbers mean data goes unpublished

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Alarm over ‘generic’ wording in 12 Ofsted report cards

An investigation revealed the same paragraph was used in report cards for 12 different schools

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Full list of 93 behaviour and attendance hubs revealed

DfE says hubs will be led by schools ‘with a proven record of turning behaviour and attendance around’

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Academies

Best-paid academy boss earns £530k after £15k pay rise

Harris Federation CEO Sir Dan Moynihan received £15k wage hike last year, newly published accounts show

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson