Salary top-ups for new teachers boost retention rates by 23% Findings show bonuses can help fix staff shortages, researchers say, but one in five teachers still leave in some subjects
DfE will no longer publish school Covid absence updates Leaders warn ‘having no stats doesn’t mean Covid has disappeared’
Pupil attendance falls again as Covid closures double Despite overall Covid absences falling, the number of pupils missing school due to closures doubled to 34,000
Schools battle to stay open amid Covid surge Leaders take extra teaching and cleaning duties as secondary absences breach 10 per cent mark
Majority of schools host just one week of Covid summer school Over 336,000 pupils attended summer schools last year
Covid: In-school vaccination programme to end this week Schools still asked to ‘signpost’ alternative vaccination routes for pupils
Most schools not making best use of technology, DfE study finds Research finds fewer than one in ten schools are ‘digitally mature’
Ofsted declines 1 in 5 deferral requests despite government advice But data suggests two thirds of schools did not request a deferral
Covid building shortages and price hikes delay school opening Lyde Green families were left scrambling for places, as soaring construction demand worldwide pushes up material costs and lead times