£85m quietly slashed from school climate change scheme Spending watchdog says DfE has ‘no plan in place’ to meet government decarbonisation targets
Teacher given OBE last year guilty of misconduct over £180k bonuses But former deputy head avoids ban as case dragged on for ‘extremely long time’
Free eye tests in special schools under £10m scheme 165k more children will benefit from April 2024 after criticism over roll-out delay
PFI payments rise leave headteachers ‘scrimping and scraping’ School budgets squeezed as spiralling inflation triggers £150k PFI hikes
New school safeguarding guidance emphasises online safety duties Move follows suicide of pupil Frankie Thomas who accessed harmful material on school iPad
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
Funding plea as children wait ‘years’ for NHS appointments Almost 230,000 children on community health waiting lists for services like speech and language therapy and autism checks
Tax agency assessors to run school capacity checks Officials confirm visits in secondary and special schools will run from July for two years
Avoid costly survey on ‘crumbly concrete’, DfE tells schools It comes as ministers appear to row back on publishing responses on how many schools have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete