Teacher pay: 8 interesting findings from the DfE’s STRB evidence Ministers’ submission includes analysis of the teacher recruitment and retention market, as well as staff pay trends
Walker promises flexibility after early career framework ‘straitjacket’ complaints Department officials will look at giving mentors ‘more options’ for when they can do training
DfE challenged over plan to award top trusts £121m Institute of Teaching Decision could leave department facing another procurement row
Ofsted delays ECF and NPQ provider inspections Full inspections of lead providers will start from spring 2023
Cambridge refuses to reapply for teacher training over ‘prescriptive’ reforms Top uni concerned about ‘important inconsistencies’ in reforms set out in initial teacher training review
Academics want reform of ‘narrow’ phonics focus Study claims teaching reading in England has been ‘less successful’ under new approach
Plan to remove teachers’ hours cap ditched from white paper New DfE team shelves policies drawn up by former education secretary Gavin Williamson
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
New year’s honours 2022: Who got what in the schools community 56 people with links to England’s schools have been recognised