Schools

Spring statement: Chancellor will review apprenticeship levy

But announcement contains no extra help for schools with rising energy bills

Freddie Whittaker
Shane Chowen and Freddie Whittaker
SATs

DfE won’t say when KS1 SATs will be scrapped

Doubts cast on plans to make tests non-statutory from next year after government pencils-in dates for 2024

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Design and technology take-up has halved in a decade

Think tank warns subject will continue to decline if ministers don't take action encourage take-up

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid pupil absences triple in two weeks and almost 1 in 10 teachers off

DfE data shows Covid disruption to schools is on the rise again

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

7 policies from Pearson to make exams fit for the future

Exam board advocates changes to performance measures and a rethink of the English and maths resit policy following major...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Long read: How the flagship tutoring programme is slowly sinking

Ministers face crunch decisions on the National Tutoring Programme's legacy

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

Fears over Covid testing cut-off as pupil absences start to rise

Attendance tracker records 'first significant increase' since late January

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid: Ex-teacher call to arms falls flat as 1 in 3 make it to classroom

Dozens of former teachers who signed up to alleviate Covid staff pressures have pulled out

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Many DfE cost-cutters couldn’t find schools savings, survey reveals

School resource management advisers have been visiting schools since 2018

Tom Belger
Tom Belger