Schools

New uniform guidance: What schools need to know

DfE publishes statutory school uniform guidance for the first time

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools told to hold off on three-year MIS contract

'Serious concerns' after supplier announces it is scrapping one-year rolling contracts

James Carr
James Carr
Exams

‘No one will be able to say I hid away in the Ofqual attic’

New exams chief Dr Jo Saxton says she likes a challenge. Just as well, as she faces having to...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Academies minister asks top LA schools to ‘share the love’

Baroness Barran speaks to Schools Week in first interview since taking the job

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher training

Final ITT review ‘more implementable’, says DfE adviser

Professor Sam Twiselton, who criticised review, says final proposals are 'more flexible, more doable', and hints at implementation delay

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

DfE widens eligibility criteria for academic mentors scheme

All schools with more than 30% of pupils on pupil premium can access the programme

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academisation rate ‘unlikely to increase’ without new policies, DfE study finds

The rate of academy conversions in the next three years will be “limited to a steady rate” and is...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

£1.1m anti-bullying support for schools, after old scheme axed

Announcement comes over a year after predecessor scheme was quietly shelved

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid absence halves after half term, but 130,000 pupils still off

DfE data suggests Covid absence fell to 1.6 per cent last week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker