School buildings

DfE sets up ‘call centre’ as RAAC survey snub ‘baffles’ ministers

But Barran can't say whether addressing problems with potentially dangerous concrete will delay other rebuilds

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Behaviour

‘Wake-up’ call for schools as weeks of lessons lost to misbehaviour

Government survey finds discrepancy between leaders, teachers and pupils' views on disruption

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Half of SEND children now waiting beyond legal limit for support

Outstanding SEND tribunals also up almost 70 per cent in a year as system creaks under pressure

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Teacher sickness absence soars in wake of pandemic

More than 3.2 million working days were missed due to illness last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School food

Two million children now eligible for free school meals

Eligibility has increased by 40 per cent since the Covid pandemic began

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

We’ll ‘take action’ to support heads, says Keegan after Perry family meeting

But no further details of the government's plan have been released

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment and retention

7 bleak findings that show school recruitment crisis is intensifying

Researchers warn of 'perfect storm' of teacher shortages, career moves and a tight labour market

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour’s private school VAT raid sums may be £600m out, says think tank

EDSK says calculations are 'flawed', but Labour defends costings of plan to remove charitable status

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid legacy will ‘damage prospects of a generation’, warn MPs

Committee warns pandemic will 'entrench disadvantage' without further intervention from government

Amy Walker
Amy Walker