Schools
Schools with identified RAAC are being urged to put contingency plans in place in case of closure by the DfE

DfE doesn’t know which schools are at risk of collapse

Unions demand to know what government is doing to understand and fix 'shocking' risks to the estate

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools
A review of rugby in schools is calling for evidence from interested parties

Review of rugby in schools calls for evidence from teachers

Rugby in Schools review, led by United Learning chief Sir Jon Coles, comes amid heightened awareness of head injuries

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
SIMS
Investigation

How schools are caught up in a £200m MIS ‘turf war’

Smaller MIS firms are pouncing amid a record exodus from SIMS, with more choice but also more controversy in...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools
The schools adjudicator has ruled a school can increase its pupil numbers after complaints from local heads

Heads revolt over planned expansion of London school

Council intervenes in plan for secondary in neighbouring borough to increase its official capacity

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Another UTC to close after failing to attract students

The Watford UTC will be the 13th university technical college to shut, in a fresh blow for the programme

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Schools
Exclusive

‘Go further’ on school social care reform, says review author

Schools need a seat at the safeguarding 'table', says Josh MacAlister, after government kicks reforms down the road

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
A review of Prevent warns there is not enough oversight of schools' compliance with the duty

Prevent review: Schools need ‘independent’ monitoring and better training

Shawcross review of counter-extremism duty warns of 'ambiguity' of how schools' compliance is monitored

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
The DfE has published new guidance on absences due to mental health issues

Evidence not needed for short mental health absence, says DfE

Government says GPs are 'unlikely to be able to offer such evidence to support one-off absences related to mental...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

HPV inoculation rates lag behind pre-Covid levels

Data shows take-up rates are 18 percentage points lower for year 8 girls than before the pandemic

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth