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
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
DfE worried own catch-up plan ‘insufficient’ to fix learning loss Official documents reveal DfE predicted earlier this year its recovery efforts could fail
400 schools sign up to take collective action against SIMS However the DfE has given schools the green light to proceed with sign-up
Attendance a ‘stubborn concern’, and 4 more findings from Ofsted recovery research Many schools have introduced a ‘recovery curriculum’ to aid catch-up
DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term The scheme was reintroduced last month amid rising rates
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
9 in 10 leaders say ECF reforms creating extra workload NAHT union warns mentors are ‘drowning’ in work
£10m catch-up schemes to help schools with most learning loss Three regions set to benefit from extra maths and literacy cash