Schools

New TikTok social media trend torments school pupils

School leaders 'banging heads against a brick wall' trying to get videos removed

James Carr
James Carr
Ofsted

Post-Covid Ofsted ratings lift in secondary schools

Leaders say secondaries could have benefited from having more time and capacity to develop their curriculum

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

Chartered College president wants to double membership and get royal status

Dr Steven Berryman will succeed Stephen Munday in November

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Politics, Schools

Local elections hit schools again, but fewer used as polling stations

Schools close off rooms and turn to remote education to minimise impact of poll

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Tutoring stats will expose NTP issues, not school failure

Leaders are rightly frustrated at plans to 'name and shame' schools over tutoring take-up

Freddie Whittaker
STEVE ROLLETT
Mental health

Inquiry will examine mental health impact of exclusions and isolation

Former minister fears children are 'punished for behaviour that is linked to their mental health'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Half of pupils kept wearing masks after January guidance change

Most secondary pupils felt face coverings should be mandatory

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

School tutoring ‘league tables’ will be published this autumn

School-level take-up data will also be shared with Ofsted as ministers seek to name and shame schools over take-up

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Zahawi snubs heads’ conference despite being 4 miles away

Education secretary sent video message to NAHT conference, but was in the same town while the event took place

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker