£1.1m anti-bullying support for schools, after old scheme axed Announcement comes over a year after predecessor scheme was quietly shelved
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
Health bosses given more leeway to bring back masks in school corridors Government changes language on face coverings in contingency framework guidance
Zahawi announces slowing-down of BTECs cull Education secretary says he has ‘decided to allow an extra year before our reform timetable is implemented’
16 and 17-year-olds to be offered second Covid vaccine dose Javid also confirms boosters for those aged 40 and over
Ofsted questions arts ‘carousel’ at KS3 Watchdog official says teaching music only in part of the year could affect pupils ‘aural memory’
Church schools facing forced academy conversion Catholic and Anglican chiefs say that multi-academy trusts can solve ‘existential’ threats
Fifth of schools face 5-year wait for full-fibre broadband Ministers accused of lacking ‘ambition for children’
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 out