LocatED: DfE to absorb property firm and ‘unify’ teams Decision comes after government launched review of all arm’s length bodies
New school accountability regime: attainment checks and profiles Government has confirmed new school profiles will be trialled this year, with RISE teams to oversee ‘informal’ attainment checks
Schools should take ‘proactive’ action to get kids back to class, new rules state Everything leaders need to know from new statutory guidance on children missing education
PFI handovers: Council stumps up £3.5m, but repairs still left waiting Stoke’s case shows councils ill-prepared for end of PFI deals
Lockdown: The schools forced to take emergency measures Union calls for ‘comprehensive’ guidance as leaders warn of communications difficulties during incidents
School delays return to class amid RAAC concerns Long tail of crumby concrete crisis re-emerges as ‘questions’ raised over 7-year-old mitigation
Holiday activities programme extended for another 3 years Department will use £600m from its three-year spending review settlement to extend scheme to 2029
Poorer pupils do better in more disadvantaged schools, report says Researchers also find worst-performing areas for disadvantaged kids likely to have more poor white youngsters
‘This is not about school quality’: how the north east fell behind Calls for ‘urgent’ action to battle ‘entrenched divides’ as regional attainment gap grows again. Schools Week investigates