Schools

Investigation: teacher deregulation, by the back door

How teaching's graduate status is being eroded

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

9 key findings from the 2022 school workforce census

Record number of teachers quit, vacancies rocket and sickness soars – everything you need to know about the state...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Record rate of teacher departures as 40,000 quit sector last year

New workforce data for 2022 shows 7,800 more teachers quit the profession for reasons other than retirement

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

New school safeguarding guidance emphasises online safety duties

Move follows suicide of pupil Frankie Thomas who accessed harmful material on school iPad

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Prestigious sixth-form drops ‘sir’ and ‘miss’ over cultural misogyny

The term 'miss' conjures up images of Edwardian shop assistants and plays into a 'gendered view' of the world,...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Teacher retention commission: 8 proposals to stem exodus

Report calls for review of teacher hours, retention targets and sabbaticals for headteachers every five years

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Revealed: The five advisers who will support DfE’s sex education review

Panel includes academy bosses, women's health ambassador, chief social worker and lawyer who liked controversial tweets

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Schools to be told they should teach pupils about vaping risks

Government has announced more measures to cut down on vaping in schools, but campaigners say much more needs to...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Funding plea as children wait ‘years’ for NHS appointments

Almost 230,000 children on community health waiting lists for services like speech and language therapy and autism checks

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson