Schools

DfE publishes draft transgender guidance for schools

Consultation launched on non-statutory guidance for schools

Freddie Whittaker
Amy Walker and Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Tributes paid to ‘education giant’ Sir Tim Brighouse

One of the country's most influential educators remembered as a 'towering beacon of light'

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Virtual school heads scheme set for £4m expansion

Virtual school heads will now promote outcomes of all children in kinship care, government announces

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Data for rebuilding programme ‘flawed’, says councillor

Education chief says council used its own data for rebuilding bids as DfE's was 'inaccurate’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Government to ‘explore’ making schools statutory safeguarding partner through pilot

New guidance on multi-agency safeguarding also highlights the role of schools, and underlines absence as a potential indicator of...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

‘Bankrupt’ councils eye education budgets for savings

School leaders urge government to invest more in public services amid potential cuts

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Most headteachers wouldn’t wish the job on others, finds poll

Four in 10 members of the NAHT leaders' union say they have accessed mental health support in the last...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Leaders warn against sudden changes as Lords call to scrap EBacc

Schools sector 'prone to swinging from one end of the pendulum to another', peers warned after report calls for...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Schools sound warning over vaping devices laced with drugs

Concerns follow reports that pupils from at least two schools were rushed to hospital after inhaling vapes laced with...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker