Friday
Exclusive: Recovery at risk as school staff cuts loom
Schools are having to ‘lose people who should be in front of children just to balance the books’, warns heads union leader
Exclusive: ‘Unacceptable’ DfE failure over off-rolling
Delay to government consultation on keeping track of children not in school is ‘ridiculous’, says teachers’ leader
GCSES 2022: Exam plan needed by summer, say heads
Teachers need to know ‘exactly how next year’s exams will work’ by the end of this term, says NAHT union
Scottish election: Teacher-training pledges ring hollow
Thursday
National Tutoring Programme ‘too restrictive’ say heads
Heads’ union reports ‘frustrations’ with the catch-up scheme and say it’s not reaching schools in every part of the country
Dear Mr Williamson, school funding is in crisis...
In an open letter to the education secretary, this head argues that schools’ financial situation is untenable
Gibb: Schools that ban phones ‘have higher test scores’
Minister says evidence supports school mobile phone bans – but heads tell DfE to instead focus on ‘big policy issues’
Schools ‘won’t lose out over pupil premium change’
Minister says individual schools will not lose funding ‘as a direct consequence’ of pupil premium census date change
Catch-up plan expected ‘before the summer’, says Gibb
Sir Kevan Collins will ‘say more’ on his advice for ‘medium- and longer-term’ action in the summer term, says minister
Wednesday
Baseline 2021: Roll-out extended as opposition mounts
Exclusive: Critics call timing of announcement ‘extraordinary’ as momentum grows for primary assessment review
All schools to be academies: What teachers need to know
WATCH: Gavin Williamson says the government’s vision is for all schools to be part of multi-academy trusts. Here are his plans
