Schools
ITT review

DfE trialling ‘real-time’ attendance tracker to cut absences

'Less burdensome' automated data collection hailed as 'first step to more efficient approach'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools
Ofsted said schools still faced the challenge of parents keeping children off school 'unnecessarily' due to Covid 'proximity'

Schools must publish improvement plans in absence crackdown

The DfE is consulting on more prescriptive absence rules, ordering schools to be 'proactive' and councils to use their...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools
Long read

How schools can reverse Gypsy and Roma under-achievement

MPs are investigating why Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children have the worst exclusion and attainment rates

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools
Exclusive

‘Discrimination’: Small trusts denied two-thirds of repairs cash

One school has seen six bids to replace a dilapidated classroom rejected, sparking claims rural schools are at a...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools
Some schools could be faced with plugging funding shortfalls for London mayor Sadiq Khan's plan for universal free meals at primary

Give staff concessions in London driving charge plan, say heads

Proposals will 'inevitably' affect school staff, but measures are needed to tackle pollution, leaders warn

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Academics want reform of ‘narrow’ phonics focus

Study claims teaching reading in England has been 'less successful' under new approach

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools
11-plus

Poorer pupil progress ‘increasingly difficult’ to measure

Leaders demand 'urgent review' after study finds poorer disadvantaged pupils' outcomes are becoming harder to measure

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools
Exclusive

Maths teacher made OBE hits out at ‘pointless’ 10-year fraud battle

Dr Richard Evans received the award for services to charitable fundraising during Covid

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

‘Risky’ MFL GCSE reforms get go ahead – but delayed for a year

DfE has also 'broadened' vocabularly definition and given exam boards more flexibility

James Carr
James Carr