Schools

Everything you need to know about potential school strikes

Ministers hold crunch union talks as ballots of NEU, NASUWT and NAHT members close this week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

DfE plans £6.5m upgrade of Sheffield office

Department says work will 'modernise and refresh the office, increase capacity, and address building condition'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Councils dawdle on surveying collapse risk building material

At least 41 schools across 15 local authorities have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete

Tom Belger
Jessica Hill and Tom Belger
Politics

DfE schools director general to retire

After 37 years in the civil service, McCully will retire in March to spend more time with his family

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Transfer of struggling academy shows pattern of delays

Analysis shows transfers take twice as long in some regions and that the speed of conversions has slowed since...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Exams

Ofqual disbands standards committee

The standards advisory group, a committee of the Ofqual board, was set up more than a decade ago

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Staff absences at twice pre-Covid levels as winter illnesses take their toll

Unions call for the government to cover the cost of supply staff and improve ventilation

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

Elite sixth forms and northern BRIT School among free school bids

Only one in four of the more than 60 applications will be approved

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Do the maths: Does Sunak’s new year pledge add up?

Schools Week does the sums on the prime minister's vague new year policy announcement

John Dickens
John Dickens