Schools

Tax agency assessors to run school capacity checks

Officials confirm visits in secondary and special schools will run from July for two years

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

What does Burnham’s new ‘MBacc’ qualification mean for schools?

Proposals for the 'MBacc', which will steer pupils towards technical training in Greater Manchester, have put the mayor on...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Schools

DfE names 9 more attendance hubs and expands mentoring

Ministers also seek views on 'missing' children as department publishes first data on home education and council enforcement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Review training and materials to solve ECF woes, study says

A new report calls for reforms to training for early careers teachers, including tailoring materials to their subject and...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

PIRLS 2021: England rises up rankings, and 8 more findings

England moves to fourth in world for reading, but caution urged over pandemic-hit study as enjoyment levels fall

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Schools offer £10k ‘golden hellos’ – but with a big catch

Can payments that reward those who stay in the job help schools recruit and retain teachers? 

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Falling rolls will strand more pupils in school ‘cold spots’

Thousands of secondary pupils are already living at least 10 kilometres from their nearest mainstream school

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

‘Wake-up call’ as primary pupils struggle with maths post-Covid

Younger children still weeks behind pre-lockdown norms, showing PM faces 'many obstacles' in maths to 18 ambition

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Burnout warning as school staff become ‘de facto social workers’

Most school staff work at least four extra hours a week providing support previously offered by collapsed social and...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker