Schools

Schools told to hold off on three-year MIS contract

'Serious concerns' after supplier announces it is scrapping one-year rolling contracts

James Carr
James Carr
Exams

‘No one will be able to say I hid away in the Ofqual attic’

New exams chief Dr Jo Saxton says she likes a challenge. Just as well, as she faces having to...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Academies minister asks top LA schools to ‘share the love’

Baroness Barran speaks to Schools Week in first interview since taking the job

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

DfE to provide 1,000 air cleaning units for AP and special schools

Unions said all schools should receive air cleaning units based on need, rather than only ones that could afford...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher training

Final ITT review ‘more implementable’, says DfE adviser

Professor Sam Twiselton, who criticised review, says final proposals are 'more flexible, more doable', and hints at implementation delay

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

DfE widens eligibility criteria for academic mentors scheme

All schools with more than 30% of pupils on pupil premium can access the programme

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

‘It’s the right time’: Amanda Spielman defends inspecting Covid-hit schools

The chief inspector came under fire from school leaders at an event who called routine Ofsted inspections mid-Covid "profoundly...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

Kevan Collins: Government ‘abdicating responsibility’ to lead recovery

The former recovery tsar also said tech could spark the biggest learning transformation since the Victorian era

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

£1.1m anti-bullying support for schools, after old scheme axed

Announcement comes over a year after predecessor scheme was quietly shelved

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker