Tutoring

Randstad: Reducing catch-up challenge to a political football is wrong

The delivery of NTP has come with challenges, but we are committed to growing the programme, writes Karen Guthrie

Samantha Booth
Karen Guthrie
Grammar Schools

£64m to make grammar schools more inclusive – but the gap widens

Despite pandemic surge in free school meals rates, grammars given expansion cash have fallen further behind

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Don’t let your energy contracts expire, DfE warns schools

Buying energy out of contract will be 'more expensive', leaders told

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

DfE starts secret talks on future of National Tutoring Programme

Officials hold 'market warming' discussions with would-be bidders about next year of flagship catch-up initiative

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Eton commits £1m annual top-up for ‘elite’ sixth forms

Private school plans to plow an extra £2k per pupil into new institutions, declaring state funding is inadequate

Will Nott
Will Nott
Schools

Persistently absent pupils to be mentored under £5m trial

DfE seeks organisation to mentor pupils in disadvantaged areas as persistent absence remains high

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

MPs want more transparency over academy trust bailouts

Influential committee chair warns of 'unacceptable' lack of accountability'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

Free school meals permanently extended to pupils with ‘no recourse to public funds’

Children of families subject to immigration control were temporarily given access to free meals in April 2020

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

270 million in-person school days missed due to Covid last year

Absences rose more than five-fold in first full year of the pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker