Schools

Academics want reform of ‘narrow’ phonics focus

Study claims teaching reading in England has been 'less successful' under new approach

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools
Gavin Williamson
Exclusive

Plan to remove teachers’ hours cap ditched from white paper

New DfE team shelves policies drawn up by former education secretary Gavin Williamson

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Schools cut music and PE, and 7 other findings from DfE recovery research

Report looks at how schools coped with the impact of Covid in 2020-21

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

New year’s honours 2022: Who got what in the schools community

56 people with links to England's schools have been recognised

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

DBS ‘ready’ for supply teacher drive as DfE pledges to release own staff

Eligible civil servants not working on Covid will be released for supply teaching

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training
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Ofsted to assess ITT provider reaccreditations

Watchdog will join DfE in assessing reaccreditation applications under ITT reforms

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid
Exclusive

Catch-up mentors used as teaching cover, report reveals

Mentors redeployed during periods of 'particularly high' staff absences

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Zahawi unveils new 17-member ‘attendance alliance’

Academy trust leaders will also form a sub-alliance to identify best practice

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training
The DfE has announced a 'targeted support package' of training for new heads as part of the NPQH.

DfE reveals its targets for £377m NPQ and ECF reforms

Documents show how the DfE will mark its own homework on flagship teacher training reforms

Tom Belger
Tom Belger