Schools

Grammar school told to stop demanding tenancy documents 

Rules to crackdown on admissions fraud asked for papers from 'approved letting agent' to 'ensure parents had link to...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Delayed DBS checks leave teachers waiting in the wings

Target to process four in five enhanced checks for education staff missed in August, figures show

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

30k primary pupils’ data may be at risk after Capita cyber attack

Dark web monitored for the information after company was targeted in March

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Schools in third county lock down as police investigate ‘threatening’ email

West Yorkshire Police said it had made an arrest in connection with an email sent to a number of...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Language hubs: 19 schools named in first round of £15m reboot

Expansion of pilot programme will include a £400k scheme to boost take-up of German

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Ministers seek schools safeguarding tsar

The new post would help roll out social care reforms to strengthen the education sector's role

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

6 ways to solve teacher shortages, according to experts

'Golden handcuffs', a retention inquiry and more staff poaching schemes could all provide solutions, MPs told

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

‘Disastrous’ Birmingham £100m IT system hits school budgets

Schools left in dark about surpluses amid technology issues at cash-strapped local authority

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

How attendance hubs are tackling soaring absences

Leaders are going beyond the school gates in their push to get children back in the classroom

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth