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MIS outage leaves schools in the lurch

Major supplier apologises as schools unable to pay suppliers and respond to safeguarding concerns

OCR to review difficulty of GCSE computer science paper

Follows backlash over exam leaving pupils ‘completely disheartened’ and warning it will put more youngsters off the subject

United Learning loses High Court battle over £2m MIS deal

Country’s biggest academy trust said a ruling it broke the law in appointing Arbor over Bromcom will be ‘of concern to all schools’

One in three schools hit by fraudsters impersonating staff emails

Schools have been warned they face particular cyber-security risks on exam and results days

GCSE results 2021: Computing

Here are the trends in the latest computing GCSE results for summer 2021. The proportion of grade 9 results achieved by students, equivalent to a high A* under the old GCSE system, rose to 11 per cent, compared to 8.6 per cent in 2020 and 3.6 per cent in 2019. You can find the full […]

DfE blocks MAT’s bid to take shares in outsourcing firm

An outsourcing firm has urged the government not to be “hung up on fear of the different” after officials thwarted a multi-academy trust’s bid to take shares in the for-profit company. Schools Week revealed in March that Transforming Futures Trust (TFT) had signed a £1 million deal to outsource most of its central staff and […]