Teacher training

Teach First misses recruitment target as top graduate pay soars

Provider tasked with attracting high-flying graduates calls for £5k recruitment bonus for teachers who work in deprived areas

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

‘Galling’ pay-offs for DfE ministers on the political merry-go-round

Ten ministers who resigned or were sacked are due nearly £110,000 in pay-offs

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Revealed: DfE’s ‘cluster takeover’ plan to boost big academy trusts

Officials draw up proposals to help leading trusts expand into new regions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

What will become of the endangered ‘Tory teacher’?

‘The Conservatives must return to being the party of social justice’

Freddie Whittaker
Donna Ferguson
Exams

Secondary school disadvantage gap widens to largest in 10 years

Social mobility expert says government needs 'to step up to the challenge immediately. There is no time to lose'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Opinion

Pre-pandemic school standards won’t return as quickly as we’d like

Schools are weathering the storm better than some public services, but a lack of funding will slow recovery

Freddie Whittaker
Philip Nye
Exams

‘Difficult to swallow’: Leaders criticise exam fee hikes of up to 17%

Exam boards will earn several million pounds more from schools - but say they have to cover the costs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Schools should collect plan B exams evidence, government proposes

Ministers also looking to consult on long-term contigency plans for exams after 'learning importance' of system resilience

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Ministers confirm exams and grading plan for 2023

Grades will return to pre-pandemic standards, but with 'soft landing' protections and exam aids in some subjects

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth