Schools

Rethink ‘flawed’ MFL GCSE reforms, heads and exam boards urge

Nine organisations question plan to make students learn a set of up to 1,700 frequently-used words

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Autumn GCSE exam entries drop two thirds

Exams organised for pupils unhappy with teacher-assessed grades receive just 5,700 entries

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid taking bigger toll on school staff wellbeing, study finds

This year 62% of school staff said the pandemic contributed to poor mental health, up from 33% in 2020

James Carr
James Carr
School funding

Investigate trusts amassing ‘substantial reserves’, watchdog tells DfE

A report found mainstream school finances had “held up well" in recent years, despite austerity cuts and other funding...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Politics

Improve outreach work if you want to charge higher fees, universities told

John Blake appointed to help regulator push institutions to improve access and partnership plans

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

ITT providers ‘alarmingly selling specific pedagogies’ as ‘be all and end all’, Ofsted says

Some initial teacher training providers inspected under the new Ofsted framework were “misinforming trainees” by teaching them only specific...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

E-ACT chief executive suspended

Staff have been told that Jane Millward, chief executive of the 28-school trust, is 'away from work'

John Dickens
John Dickens
Covid

Anti-vaxxers who threaten schools and pupils ‘will be arrested’ – Zahawi

Education secretary says protesters 'should not be going anywhere near a school'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

On hold: NLE programme delayed until September

Reforms delayed and interim contract awarded with DfE citing Covid

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth