Exams

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

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Tax agency assessors to run school capacity checks

Officials confirm visits in secondary and special schools will run from July for two years

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
RAAC

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...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Inspectors aren’t handing in their badges, says Ofsted director

Despite calls from unions and Ruth Perry's sister, heads working as Ofsted inspectors aren't quitting according to the watchdog's...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Schools turn to crowdfunding Ofsted challenges 

A Cambridge school lodges judicial review request over 'inadequate' rating amid anger following death of Ruth Perry

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Tutoring

Long read: How a tutoring revolution left smaller schools behind

A small number of 'super tutor' schools are delivering nearly half of all catch-up, with rural and small schools...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SATs

DfE ‘confident’ of improvements to KS2 SATs after failings

The 2022 series of tests, the first run by outsourcing giant Capita, was fraught with problems

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Recruitment and retention

Schools cut classroom hours to hold on to teachers 

Headteachers hope scheme will boost recruitment numbers as 'yoga or free biscuits' no longer enough

Amy Walker
Amy Walker