Covid

New teachers won’t have to extend induction because of Covid absence

New teachers will be able to progress to second-year induction even if they miss more than 30 days, with...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
SEND review

SEND review: The proposed reforms to alternative provision

Changes to the way AP is funded and used by schools have been put forward by the government

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

White paper: DfE reveals the ‘coasting’ schools facing intervention

Ministers will prioritise schools in investment areas and with 'long-term underperformance'

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

Revealed: 24 ‘priority’ areas to split £40m improvement cash

DfE also almost doubles academy trust growth funding for the next three years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

White paper: What academy shakeup means for trusts, councils and schools

Trusts should have 10+ schools, councils will run academies and good schools may exit trusts in shakeup of 'messy'...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools white paper

Council-run academy trusts get the green light in schools white paper

DfE also to set out new maths and English target for secondary schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

School where girl was strip-searched faces legal action

Lawyers representing Child Q launch civil proceedings against the Metropolitan Police and an unnamed school

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools white paper

Schools ‘asked to offer’ 32.5-hour week by 2023 – and Ofsted will check

Expectation is equivalent to a six and a half hour day, which most schools already provide

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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