Heads sound alarm as 2024 exam entry fees soar by up to 16.5% Biggest exam board increases prices of some of its most popular qualifications far higher than inflation
Keegan wants ‘extreme caution’ from schools after trans advice delayed Education secretary claimed guidance delay was to ‘allow more time’ to speak with teachers, parents and lawyers
Oliver vows to ‘work with whole sector’ to ‘create best’ Ofsted Sir Martyn Oliver will appear before MPs in September after being confirmed as DfE’s pick for Ofsted chief
Academy transfers rise following Covid lull And more switches are being triggered by trusts themselves, new data shows
Exclusions up on pandemic lull, as suspensions reach at record-high But permanent exclusions still at lowest rate outside of lockdown-affected years
DfE’s sport and activity action plan: What schools need to know Ministers to beef up checks on how schools spend PE funding and update guidance to support 2-hour target
Government still lags well behind NPQ take-up target Just 63,484 NPQ courses have been started in two years, against a DfE target of 150,000 across three, new data shows
£2bn school funding boost ‘didn’t go far enough’, admits Keegan Education secretary also wants to ‘streamline’ teacher pay and school budgeting process, admitting current system is ‘not ideal’
12 ESFA staff get £50k+ exit packages amid restructure Annual accounts of funding agency also reveal how £5.8m in debts owed by academies have been written-off