Schools

Attendance gap widens as poorer pupils fall behind

Government data shows alarming absence rates are not improving

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Consider axing EBacc and pupil SATs grades, says IPPR report

5 key proposals from think tank known to be influential in shaping Labour policy

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

20k pupils in unregistered alternative provision, study finds

Calls for statutory registration and 'light-touch' regulation to ensure vulnerable children are 'brought back into view'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Backlash over glue gun misconduct hearing

Teacher with ‘unblemished’ career avoids ban but is found guilty of ‘unacceptable professional behaviour’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Schools

Damning probe reveals full scale of failures at scandal special school

'Unclear' why Ofsted waited to inspect Harlow Academy after 20 reports of safeguarding failures, review found

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

ASCL’s election manifesto: 11 stand-out policy proposals

Union unveils proposals for political parties in new election 'manifesto'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

One in five undergraduate trainee teachers don’t qualify

And proportion of postgraduates gaining qualified teacher status hits a five-year low

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Support staff needed to ease teacher workload crisis, says DfE study

Government-commissioned report calls for more 'curriculum support officers' to help teachers with admin

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

DfE schools survey exposes depths of cost-of-living crisis

Two-thirds of schools hike meal prices, while three in 10 say energy support scheme made no difference

Amy Walker
Amy Walker