Covid

Covid vaccine recommended for vulnerable 5 to 11-year-olds

JCVI recommendation comes after a paediatric formulation of the Pfizer vaccine was approved for children

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

DBS ‘ready’ for supply teacher drive as DfE pledges to release own staff

Eligible civil servants not working on Covid will be released for supply teaching

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Zahawi asks STRB for two-year pay plan to help achieve £30k salary pledge

Education secretary tells pay review body he wants a 'significant uplift' to starting salaries

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

DfE worried own catch-up plan ‘insufficient’ to fix learning loss

Official documents reveal DfE predicted earlier this year its recovery efforts could fail

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

400 schools sign up to take collective action against SIMS

However the DfE has given schools the green light to proceed with sign-up

James Carr
James Carr
Ofsted

Attendance a ‘stubborn concern’, and 4 more findings from Ofsted recovery research

Many schools have introduced a 'recovery curriculum' to aid catch-up

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term

The scheme was reintroduced last month amid rising rates

James Carr
James Carr
News

Teachers urged to get booster jabs, as schools given ‘flexibility’ for January return

PM also revealed 12- to 15-year-olds can book in second jabs from Monday

James Carr
James Carr
Teacher training

9 in 10 leaders say ECF reforms creating extra workload

NAHT union warns mentors are 'drowning' in work

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth