Exams

Private schools over-inflated GCSEs during Covid, analysis suggests

But academics say it's 'still not clear' why private schools issued more generous grades than expected

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Six in 10 councils face DfE intervention to cut SEND deficits

All councils also face new guidance on making spending on pupils with special educational needs and disabilities 'sustainable'

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Cleric who said Western women ‘worse than beasts’ banned from running schools

Education secretary bans former private school proprietor who promoted 'inappropriate' views about women and gay people

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Schools told to raid own coffers to get pupils to exams during rail strike

DfE says schools are 'best placed to prioritise their spending to support their pupils and students' during biggest rail...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Provide apprenticeship careers talks or face legal action, schools told

Consultation launched on new duty to give pupils six opportunities to hear from further education providers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Middlesbrough gets help to tackle absences

Tackling persistent absence has become a key priority for ministers after rates soared during the pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE orders e-registers and sets new thresholds for absence fines

Schools to be told to modernise the way they collect and record attendance data as government plans absence crackdown

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

Unis piloting iQTS scheme fail teacher training re-accreditation

Three of six higher education institutions taking part in iQTS pilot did not get through in the first round...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Ofqual chief admits exam board mistakes caused ‘distress’

Chief regulator Jo Saxton also told school leaders handwriting is 'here to stay', and warn they face worse results...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger