Teacher who may never work again after assault gets £850k payout The compensation is understood to be one of the largest single payouts made to an education professional
MP’s claim teachers broke lockdown rules ‘insulting and offensive’ Conservative Michael Fabricant under fire for comments made while defending Boris Johnson over partygate
NEU conference: Shadow education secretary heckled over Ofsted Labour wants to reform the watchdog, while the National Education Union favours abolition
Year 11s still missing one in 10 lessons as exams near Pupil absences ‘remain stubbornly high’ as exam season approaches
DfE will no longer publish school Covid absence updates Leaders warn ‘having no stats doesn’t mean Covid has disappeared’
Pupil attendance falls again as Covid closures double Despite overall Covid absences falling, the number of pupils missing school due to closures doubled to 34,000
SEND review: New course to give SENCOs seat at top table DfE says existing qualification has ‘variability’ and might not provide ‘knowledge and skills’ needed
SEND review: Tiered support package for alternative provision Green paper proposes three-tier system focused on early intervention in mainstream schools
SEND review: Ministers take control to end ‘postcode lottery’ Green paper outlines vision of a ‘single national SEND and alternative provision system’