Covid

Covid-related absence jumps 60% in a fortnight

More than 200,000 pupils were off because of Covid on November 25

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Who is Bridget Phillipson? 8 facts about the new shadow education secretary

Labour has a new education lead following a reshuffle

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Education funding squeeze ‘puts brakes on levelling up’, and 3 more IFS findings

A think tank report contrasts heavy education cuts contrast with surging healthcare spending

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Ofsted

Omicron: Ofsted says inspections will ‘carry on as usual’

Ofsted inspections will go ahead as normal despite the discovery of the new Omicron Covid variant, the watchdog has...

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

Omicron case ‘linked’ to Essex primary school

Investigations into spread of variant also taking place at Nottingham school

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher training

Staff have to ‘drop something’ to fit in ECF, provider admits

Here's what we learned from the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers annual conference this week

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

Covid: Secondary schools to test returning pupils on-site in January

Schools have just a few days to order test kits after sudden government announcement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Fresh faces likely as voting opens for academy advisory boards

A total of 164 candidates are standing, up from 135 at the last election in 2017

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher pay

Apprentice teaching assistants: Exploitation or opportunity?

Some schools and trusts are offering TA apprentices less than £7,000 a year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker