School gender pay gap narrows, but slowly Schools Week analysis shows gaps will take 22 years to close based on current trends
Ministers plan to publish school-level tutoring take-up – and Ofsted will check Government wants to ‘improve transparency’ and boost take-up, but sector leaders fight the plans
DfE bins flagship edtech demonstrator programme Ministers claim scheme which pre-dates the pandemic is no longer needed now schools are open
Spielman blames ‘vested interests’ for Ofsted ‘fear’ Chief inspector dismisses suggestions Ofsted is contributing to exodus of heads
Partygate making it harder to teach ‘honesty and integrity’ – union boss NAHT’s Paul Whiteman criticises ‘absolute failure of political leadership’
ECF ‘teething problems’ can be fixed with ‘tweaks’, claims ITT adviser Ian Bauckham said it was ‘inevitable’ reforms would ‘seem more burdensome in the first year’
Understanding of exams plummets after switch to teacher grades And confidence in the system to deal with malpractice also fell
Don’t ‘pick and mix’ Oak curriculum resources, warns Spielman Ofsted chief says content provided by new arms-length curriculum body must be implemented ‘thoughtfully’
Social mobility tsar casts doubt on literacy and numeracy targets Katharine Birbalsingh tells MPs she is ‘not sure’ how targets set in recent white papers will be met