White paper: Academy trust ‘divorce’ plans split sector leaders DfE to consult on ‘exceptional circumstances’ in which academies could request move to ‘stronger’ trust
White paper: Academy reforms rest on regulator role, say leaders Ex-DfE aide: ‘If the regulator isn’t set up in the right way, nothing else is going to work’
White paper: Schools will have to foot future tutoring bill Ministers face calls to increase pupil premium funding to cover tutoring and literacy and numeracy focus
White paper: Most ‘coasting’ schools already academies DfE consults on forcing schools ‘not making necessary improvements’ to become academies or join a new trust
Schools battle to stay open amid Covid surge Leaders take extra teaching and cleaning duties as secondary absences breach 10 per cent mark
Zahawi admits reform failures. But can he win over academy sceptics? The education secretary speaks to Schools Week about his plans for schools, and why he doesn’t want to ‘play politics’
Just 1 in 7 schools use Randstad-approved tutors And government is still over a million courses away from its annual year target
DfE ‘misreporting’ data to back academies drive, claims NEU Government’s case for full academisation is ‘flawed’, say union leaders
Just half of secondary teachers tell parents about action on ‘falling behind’ pupils Informing families about interventions for pupils behind in English and maths is a key strand of the DfE’s new ‘parent pledge’