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Mandatory school attendance will ‘pit heads against parents’

The decision to reintroduce school attendance enforcement will “pit heads against parents” and risks costly legal action from families...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Data reveals scale of National Tutoring Programme’s northern challenge

New data has revealed big variations in take-up of the government’s National Tutoring Programme across England, with schools in...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Williamson pledges to back teachers ‘all the way’ on exam grading

The education secretary has pledged to back teachers “all the way” in their efforts to award exam grades this...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Just 0.14% of secondary school Covid tests are positive, but concerns over accuracy

Around 3,000 positive Covid test results have been recorded by secondary schools since the beginning of the year, with...

James Carr
James Carr
News

Narrowing attainment gap stopped being ‘main focus’ of DfE in 2015, says former permanent secretary

Efforts to narrow the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers ceased to be a “main focus”...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Budget 2021 a ‘missed opportunity’ with no extra funding for schools

This year’s budget has been described as a “missed opportunity” for education after it failed to provide additional cash...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Data reveals huge variation in spring term school attendance across England

Attendance in schools has varied hugely across England this term, new data shows, with rates in the week before...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

School attendance rises to over 18% after half term

School attendance rose to over 18 per cent in the week after half term, with an increase in secondary...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Don’t hand out Covid testing kits to pupils’ families, DfE tells schools

Schools should not distribute Covid testing kits to members of their pupils’ households, the Department for Education has said,...

James Carr
James Carr