SEND

Half of SEND children now waiting beyond legal limit for support

Outstanding SEND tribunals also up almost 70 per cent in a year as system creaks under pressure

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Teacher sickness absence soars in wake of pandemic

More than 3.2 million working days were missed due to illness last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Free school meals

Two million children now eligible for free school meals

Eligibility has increased by 40 per cent since the Covid pandemic began

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Record rate of teacher departures as 40,000 quit sector last year

New workforce data for 2022 shows 7,800 more teachers quit the profession for reasons other than retirement

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

We’ll ‘take action’ to support heads, says Keegan after Perry family meeting

But no further details of the government's plan have been released

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment and retention

7 bleak findings that show school recruitment crisis is intensifying

Researchers warn of 'perfect storm' of teacher shortages, career moves and a tight labour market

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

New school safeguarding guidance emphasises online safety duties

Move follows suicide of pupil Frankie Thomas who accessed harmful material on school iPad

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Recruitment

DfE ‘assessing’ potential teacher recruitment hit from university marking boycott

Government tells ITT providers it's 'assessing the scale and likelihood' of potential disruption to recruits waiting on degrees amid...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Covid

Covid legacy will ‘damage prospects of a generation’, warn MPs

Committee warns pandemic will 'entrench disadvantage' without further intervention from government

Amy Walker
Amy Walker