Exams

Advanced British Standard consultation: What you need to know

Ministers seek views on their plans for new 16 to 19 qualification dubbed 'headless chicken policymaking'

John Dickens
John Dickens
Attendance

Term-time holidays drive record unauthorised school absence fines

Almost 400,000 penalties were issued by councils last year, DfE data shows

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

Schools hit by falling rolls warned: ‘Don’t sell sites’

Disused land could house other public services such as children's centres, says boss of DfE property arm

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Educational psychologists call off strikes after pay offer accepted

Union accepts deal worth 4% from this September and £1,925 backdated to last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Mental health

Create school ‘wellbeing supervisors’ network, says coalition of leaders

Vulnerable students 'still being let down' by mental health support and insufficient availability of care

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Hinds: ‘I was wrong’ on teacher golden handcuffs

Schools minister also reveals changes to the early career framework and more details on non-grad teaching apprenticeship

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ruth Perry: Schools can defer Ofsted inspections until 2024

Change announced in the wake of a damning ruling in an inquest into the headteacher's death

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Pause Ofsted inspections, unions say following Ruth Perry inquest

Leadership unions call for an immediate halt to inspections so concerns raised by the coroner can be addressed

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School funding

Deprived schools have faced double the budget cuts, study warns

Extra funding for disadvantaged pupils has shrunk over the last decade

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker