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

Ofsted to assess ITT provider reaccreditations

Watchdog will join DfE in assessing reaccreditation applications under ITT reforms

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

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

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
SEND

SEND review has ‘taken too long’, and comms ‘regrettable’ – minister

Will Quince tells MPs DfE 'could have done better' in its engagement with stakeholders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
ITT review

ITT market review: what you need to know about new reforms

The Department for Education has published its response to the ITT market review today – setting out finalised reforms...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Teacher training

DfE delays ITT market review reforms for a year

Providers will now have to comply with new requirements from 2024-25

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth