MATs gain schools and record cash boost amid Covid Academies boasted record levels of spare cash and continued to expand amid the pandemic, Kreston’s annual benchmarking report shows
DfE trialling ‘real-time’ attendance tracker to cut absences ‘Less burdensome’ automated data collection hailed as ‘first step to more efficient approach’
Heads want tutor money directly after NTP ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ Staff ‘don’t have the capacity’ to sign pupils up to flagship programme
Record high of 1 in 25 pupils off with Covid as confirmed cases double A quarter of schools have more than 15 per cent of teachers off – nearly double the rate in September
Ministers urged to review exams plan amid covid disruption School leaders concerned ‘trust in the fairness of exams process will falter’
DfE rejects 1 in 5 requests for school air-cleaning units 285 schools had bids for government-funded units refused because they ‘did not meet the eligibility criteria’
RSC advisory board election results delayed DfE says outcome of election for advisers on academy oversight will no longer be announced this month
Give staff concessions in London driving charge plan, say heads Proposals will ‘inevitably’ affect school staff, but measures are needed to tackle pollution, leaders warn
Ofsted shuns own style guide to label pupils ‘lower ability’ Experts warn the ‘unhelpful’ term can become a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’