Tutoring

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

White paper: Most ‘coasting’ schools already academies

DfE consults on forcing schools 'not making necessary improvements' to become academies or join a new trust

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

Schools battle to stay open amid Covid surge

Leaders take extra teaching and cleaning duties as secondary absences breach 10 per cent mark

James Carr
James Carr
Academies

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...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Tutoring

Just 1 in 7 schools use Randstad-approved tutors

And government is still over a million courses away from its annual year target

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

DfE ‘misreporting’ data to back academies drive, claims NEU

Government's case for full academisation is 'flawed', say union leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

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...

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

Pupil self-isolation advice slashed to 3 days

Heads question guidance changes and end to free testing as Covid continues to disrupt schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND review

SEND review won’t repeat ‘mistakes of the past’ – Zahawi

Education secretary says system is failing and reform is 'long overdue'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker