Covid funding data reveals £124m summer schools underspend Breakdown published by DfE shows schools received almost £300m in Covid grants
3,000 don’t complete courses as Covid disrupts teacher training Impact of decision to allow trainees affected by Covid to extend their courses begins to show
Teachers back digital exams in principle, but school tech not yet up to scratch Research by exam board AQA finds substantial barriers to digitising exams in England, despite support for the model
Truss V Sunak for PM: What they have promised on schools From new grammar schools to workplace skills curriculum reform, all the education policies the PM hopefuls have pledged
Secondary modern sponsored by grammar school rated ‘inadequate’ Grammar formed trust to spread its ‘values and high aspirations’ after ministers urged selective schools to help their neighbours
DfE ditches 7-year plan to legislate on summer-born admissions Ministers have been promising a law change on the issue since 2015, but say they will no longer pursue it
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
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
Campaigners warn against ‘dangerous’ register of children not in school Move to amend schools bill to collect data on pupils’ protected characteristics also questioned