RAAC

School with RAAC ‘might not be repaired for four years’

Pupils currently being bussed to separate school as primary shut for months

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson and Jessica Hill
Schools

What’s new in the DfE’s expanded reading framework?

Updated guidelines suggest in-class 'influencers' could get more children reading

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

What’s changed in slimmed-down 2023 academy trust handbook?

Ministers release their 'clearer and more concise' handbook for academy trusts

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Revealed: 22 experts to help create ‘cultural education plan’

New plan will look to 'equalise' opportunities for young people

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

£85m quietly slashed from school climate change scheme

Spending watchdog says DfE has 'no plan in place' to meet government decarbonisation targets

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

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'

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Free eye tests in special schools under £10m scheme

165k more children will benefit from April 2024 after criticism over roll-out delay

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
PFI, Schools

PFI payments rise leave headteachers ‘scrimping and scraping’

School budgets squeezed as spiralling inflation triggers £150k PFI hikes

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

New school safeguarding guidance emphasises online safety duties

Move follows suicide of pupil Frankie Thomas who accessed harmful material on school iPad

Amy Walker
Amy Walker