Funding mistake won’t rip up DfE staff reward voucher scheme Department says it would be ‘unfair to penalise junior staff’ for funding gaffe
Inside the first ‘education hackathon’ Gillian Keegan is determined artificial intelligence has its place in education. A ‘hackathon’ in London tried it out…
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 harm’
School support staff unions accept £1,925 pay deal Pay deal will cost schools around £1bn, leaving budgets ‘tight’
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 UCAS job
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 to chair role
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
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
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, investigation reveals