Schools told to hold off on three-year MIS contract ‘Serious concerns’ after supplier announces it is scrapping one-year rolling contracts
DfE to provide 1,000 air cleaning units for AP and special schools Unions said all schools should receive air cleaning units based on need, rather than only ones that could afford them
Final ITT review ‘more implementable’, says DfE adviser Professor Sam Twiselton, who criticised review, says final proposals are ‘more flexible, more doable’, and hints at implementation delay
DfE widens eligibility criteria for academic mentors scheme All schools with more than 30% of pupils on pupil premium can access the programme
Kevan Collins: Government ‘abdicating responsibility’ to lead recovery The former recovery tsar also said tech could spark the biggest learning transformation since the Victorian era
£1.1m anti-bullying support for schools, after old scheme axed Announcement comes over a year after predecessor scheme was quietly shelved
Covid absence halves after half term, but 130,000 pupils still off DfE data suggests Covid absence fell to 1.6 per cent last week
Health bosses given more leeway to bring back masks in school corridors Government changes language on face coverings in contingency framework guidance
Zahawi announces slowing-down of BTECs cull Education secretary says he has ‘decided to allow an extra year before our reform timetable is implemented’