SATs

Key stage 1 SATs will be scrapped from 2023-24, STA confirms

But a 'full programme' of tests will go ahead next academic year because new year 2s did not sit...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Supreme Court holiday pay ruling could ‘open the floodgates’ for claims

Music teacher's victory will have big ramifications for schools using permanent term-time-only contracts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE announces 5% pay rise for most teachers in 2022-23

Starting salaries will increase by 8.9 per cent next year, but experienced teachers get below-inflation rise

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics, Schools

Campaigners warn against ‘dangerous’ register of children not in school

Move to amend schools bill to collect data on pupils' protected characteristics also questioned

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Health and safety watchdog to inspect schools’ asbestos management

DfE data suggests more than eight in 10 schools have the harmful material on their sites

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools plan non-uniform days and early finishes for ‘extreme’ heatwave

The Met Office has warned temperatures could top 35C on Monday

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Ofsted job cut inspection warning, plus 9 more annual account findings

Plans to slim down the civil service could have 'implications' for new inspection work

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

More ‘requires improvement’ schools boost Ofsted grade post-Covid

Over two-thirds of RI secondaries saw their grade boosted this year, up from 42 per cent pre-Covid

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Pupil numbers to shrink by 12% over the next decade

Government revises down 2032 pupil number prediction in the face of 'notably lower birth projections'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker