Covid

Covid pupil absences triple in two weeks and almost 1 in 10 teachers off

DfE data shows Covid disruption to schools is on the rise again

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Fears over Covid testing cut-off as pupil absences start to rise

Attendance tracker records 'first significant increase' since late January

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid: Ex-teacher call to arms falls flat as 1 in 3 make it to classroom

Dozens of former teachers who signed up to alleviate Covid staff pressures have pulled out

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Many DfE cost-cutters couldn’t find schools savings, survey reveals

School resource management advisers have been visiting schools since 2018

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Government Sewell report response: 9 actions for schools

Ministers have responded to the commission on race and ethnic disparities

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Revealed: The winners of RSC advisory board elections

Results were delayed by more than two months, after a mid-election boundary review

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Ofsted

‘Put the blinkers on and ignore Ofsted’ says government social mobility tsar

Katharine Birbalsingh says she doesn't see inspectorate as a 'force for good'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Teacher pay: 8 interesting findings from the DfE’s STRB evidence

Ministers' submission includes analysis of the teacher recruitment and retention market, as well as staff pay trends

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Stop ‘clogging’ curriculum with ‘reams of guidance’, Barton tells ministers

Union leader says it's time to 'strip back our national curriculum to its essential core'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker