Ofqual to research impact of advance information to inform ‘future years’ Dr Jo Saxton says the measure was ‘really exciting’
Councils with SEND cash black holes to get new cost-cutter visits Ministers ‘laying the foundations’ for new reforms under delayed SEND review
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
DfE restructure delays advisory board election results Ministers are considering adding a ninth regional schools commissioner
Council tells heads to ‘self-manage’ Covid outbreaks Local authority tells schools to stop reporting Covid cases amid an ‘increase demand on public health services’
DfE considers council-run MATs to achieve academy ambition Ministers ‘open to slightly different models of partnership’ as schools white paper looms
DfE trialling ‘real-time’ attendance tracker to cut absences ‘Less burdensome’ automated data collection hailed as ‘first step to more efficient approach’
Heads want tutor money directly after NTP ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ Staff ‘don’t have the capacity’ to sign pupils up to flagship programme
Record high of 1 in 25 pupils off with Covid as confirmed cases double A quarter of schools have more than 15 per cent of teachers off – nearly double the rate in September