100 primaries will get £2k grants for chess sets and tutorials Schools in poorer areas to benefit from £250k investment, but scheme will reach just 0.6% of settings
A-level results 2023: 26% fall in top grades as inflation almost wiped The proportion of A* and A grades issued in England is now within 1.3 percentage points of the last pre-pandemic exams
DfE pilots second enrichment scheme, but with far less cash Just £2.7m for scheme to support schools to ‘co-design’ enrichment offer, after £21m predecessor programme flourished
ASCL’s election manifesto: 11 stand-out policy proposals Union unveils proposals for political parties in new election ‘manifesto’
Snubbed uni slams ‘inconsistent and unfair’ ITT review after ‘good’ Ofsted Analysis shows 78% of providers denied accreditation have been rated ‘good’ or better under Ofsted’s new framework
One in five undergraduate trainee teachers don’t qualify And proportion of postgraduates gaining qualified teacher status hits a five-year low
Tutoring programme underspend ramps up to £240m Latest data shows 43% of funding went unspent last financial year
Capita ‘rewarded’ for 2022 SATs chaos as £1.5m shaved off penalty Ministers waive part of permitted fee for outsourcing giant to ‘de-risk delivery for future test cycles’
Support staff needed to ease teacher workload crisis, says DfE study Government-commissioned report calls for more ‘curriculum support officers’ to help teachers with admin