Exams

Exam appeals plummet in wake of grading fiasco

The number of appeals against GCSE and A-level grades was 23% lower last year than in pre-pandemic 2019

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Up to 2,000 schools sought for air quality monitoring project

Free monitors rollout follows calls for monitoring in public spaces by the chief medical officer

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Intervention on coasting schools ‘all over the place’

'The whole system’s full of inconsistencies'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Mental health

NHS promises to keep funding mental health support teams

The teams help pupils with mild to moderate mental health problems

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted: NAHT to ask members not to work as inspectors

Leaders who inspect other schools are 'part of the problem', warn conference delegates

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

DfE gives £17m to academy trusts to ‘try before you buy’

Money was released to support maintained schools at risk of 'unexpected or imminent failure'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND review

Councils shortlisted to test SEND reforms

Groups will trial new policies put forward in the SEND and alternative provision green paper

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
BTECs

Keep BTECs until T-levels prove their worth, say MPs

Education committee casts doubts on government's bonfire of technical qualifications

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Jason Noble
Academies

Academy trust in union row over £1.5m support staff ‘back pay’

United Learning slams 'untrue' Unison accusations it is 'withholding pay'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker