Covid

Covid absence halves after half term, but 130,000 pupils still off

DfE data suggests Covid absence fell to 1.6 per cent last week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Health bosses given more leeway to bring back masks in school corridors

Government changes language on face coverings in contingency framework guidance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
BTECs

Zahawi announces slowing-down of BTECs cull

Education secretary says he has 'decided to allow an extra year before our reform timetable is implemented'

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Covid

16 and 17-year-olds to be offered second Covid vaccine dose

Javid also confirms boosters for those aged 40 and over

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted questions arts ‘carousel’ at KS3

Watchdog official says teaching music only in part of the year could affect pupils 'aural memory'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Church schools facing forced academy conversion

Catholic and Anglican chiefs say that multi-academy trusts can solve 'existential' threats

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Fifth of schools face 5-year wait for full-fibre broadband

Ministers accused of lacking 'ambition for children'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Investigation: The long wait for justice

Former pupils who battled to get school leader's alleged sex offences reinvestigated urge child abuse victims to keep speaking...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Ofsted

‘Outstanding’ schools not inspected for 15 years downgraded in first Ofsted reports

Those downgraded have not been inspected for a combined 235 years

James Carr
James Carr