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Jewish pupils face ‘regular and hostile abuse’
Former Ofsted chief highlights the ‘extraordinary’ security measures required in Jewish faith schools as he reveals the interim findings from his review into antisemitism in education settings
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Fear of new teacher ‘supply deserts’ in ITT shake-up
After only just over a third of participating teacher training providers gained accreditation in the first round, heads and experts warn about teacher supply problems as sector awaits second round outcomes
Schools Bill: ‘Clarity’ needed on academy powers after U-turn, say leaders
Academy leaders call for clarity and precision on legislation creating new DfE powers over academies after yesterday's u-turn
PM not opposed to new grammar schools ‘in principle’
Boris Johnson has talked about the support for setting up new grammar schools among MPs in the 'Red Wall' constituencies
Free video tutorials aim to ‘unpack big ideas’ for pupils
A Scottish school has produced 200 four-minute films to help students understand core concepts at Higher
Zahawi: ‘Overwhelming’ council response to academies plan
Education secretary says council leaders are in talks with independent schools about launching multi-academy trusts
DfE strikes cash deal with Oak lesson resource partners
Exclusive: Decision follows months of speculation over copyright payments for content provided for the national online academy as it becomes a government quango
Plan to academise ‘coasting’ schools goes ahead despite Ofsted fears
New powers will allow the DfE to place an academy order on a school that has had two Ofsted ratings less than 'good'
Schools Bill: DfE scraps academy power measures after backlash
The move to water down planned measures to regulate academy trusts follows heavy criticism of the Bill in the House of Lords
EYFS: Disadvantaged pupil levels hits new record in 2022
Numbers of 3- to 4-year-olds on pupil premium jumped by 8 per cent to 116,500 this year compared with 2021
Welsh teachers open to shorter summer holidays, research finds
School staff were as likely to back a four-week summer break and five terms as they were to support the status quo
Covid: Year 2 literacy worst hit by pandemic
Progress in grammar, punctuation and spelling is behind pre-pandemic levels for all year groups, but worse for Year 2 pupils, Nuffield research shows
Supply teachers limit travel to schools as fuel costs soar
Exclusive: Rural schools face extra struggle to find cover as cost pressures deter supply teachers from travelling long distances
DfE launches review into how MATs will be held to account
Review to set out new standards for multi-academy trusts as well as threshold for government to intervene
Secondary teacher trainees nearly a fifth below pre-Covid level
Latest figures show a deteriorating picture in the number of people being placed on teacher-training courses
Call for nursery school funding shake-up amid closure fears
More than a fifth of maintained nurseries face closure within three years owing to stretched budgets, survey suggests
Order schools to track racist bullying data, DfE told
Steps need to be taken to prevent discrimination and encourage 'inclusive education' and 'belonging' in schools, say researchers
91¶¶Òõ’ 10 questions with...Chris Smith
The award-winning maths teacher talks about why his subject is 'beautiful'
No regular music lessons in over third of secondaries
New data from Teacher Tapp comes after Ofsted said KS3 students should receive 'regular, unbroken' music teaching
MPs told schools should receive a ‘yearly safeguarding audit’
Experts warn there is no 'clear guidance for schools about how to manage' incidents of misogyny and abuse
Government to miss target for setting up Gaelic schools
The goal was to establish 10 standalone Gaelic schools by next year but Bòrd na Gà idhlig says that target will be missed
Plan for supply teachers to cover strikes ‘doesn’t add up’, Zahawi told
A supply teachers' leader has written to the education secretary, dismissing the idea that supply teachers would cover teachers on strike
National music plan ‘impossible’ to achieve, DfE warned
Primary school leaders say the government music education plan requires more cash, while experts question DfE costings
Covid: ‘Significantly’ fewer primary pupils to be vaccinated
Figures show rise in primary school parents 'unlikely' to have their child vaccinated against Covid, as UK enters fifth wave
ITT: University of Cambridge submits application
But the university said it could withdraw its teacher training application at a later stage if its concerns are not fully addressed