Schools

Inside the first ‘education hackathon’

Gillian Keegan is determined artificial intelligence has its place in education. A ‘hackathon’ in London tried it out…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE cost-cutter told ‘unsafe’ school to slash £150k from staff spend

Resource management adviser was sent to school where Ofsted found 'lack of staff leaves pupils at imminent risk of...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

School support staff unions accept £1,925 pay deal

Pay deal will cost schools around £1bn, leaving budgets 'tight'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Sir Ian Bauckham appointed interim Ofqual chief

Current chair of the regulator to serve for 12 month period from January after Dr Jo Saxton departs for...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Tory donors leave Education Policy Institute board as election looms

Sir Paul Marshall and Lord Nash will step down as trustees of the think tank, as David Laws moves...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Just 1 in 6 schools commit to keep tutoring when cash runs out

Five key findings from Ofsted and NFER evaluations into government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Home education

Councils urged to create ‘voluntary’ home education registers

DfE also recommends data-sharing with police and GPs as plans for a compulsory register remain in the long grass

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Thousands wait months for DBS checks as police overwhelmed

As many as one in ten school workers faced waits of over 60 days in some areas last year,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

Checks of ‘deteriorating’ school buildings yet to start

Government signed off on £2m scheme for assessments at schools with 'system-built' classroom blocks last year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth