Schools

Teach First: 7 findings revealing its impact on schools

NFER research shows marginal GCSE boost under Teach First teachers, but they are also more likely to leave the...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

DfE’s sport and activity action plan: What schools need to know

Ministers to beef up checks on how schools spend PE funding and update guidance to support 2-hour target

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Government still lags well behind NPQ take-up target

Just 63,484 NPQ courses have been started in two years, against a DfE target of 150,000 across three, new...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

DfE delays 32.5-hour week expectation to 2024

End-of-term announcement made 'in recognition of the pressures facing schools'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

School with RAAC ‘might not be repaired for four years’

Pupils currently being bussed to separate school as primary shut for months

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson and Jessica Hill
Schools

Ofsted has ‘no serious concerns’ about Rye College after gender row

Urgent inspection found gender dispute incident did 'not reflect' pupils' normal experiences

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Teacher training framework changes will only be ‘moderate’, DfE says

It follows a review of the evidence underpinning the initial teacher training and early career frameworks

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

NFER: Extend ‘levelling-up’ retention payments to all deprived schools

Report also warns 6.5% pay rise won't solve teacher recruitment and retention woes on its own

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Consider ‘golden handcuff’ bursaries, major ITT providers say

Six key findings from the education committee hearing on recruitment and retention crisis

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth