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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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Schools White Paper: ‘Insufficient’ evidence on big MATs

Exclusive: Researchers dispute evidence behind Monday's Schools White Paper call for academy trusts to be 'on a trajectory' to running 10 schools or 7,500 pupils

Face coverings not required in Scottish schools after Easter

But EIS is opposed and says ‘nonsensical’ removal of free lateral flow testing could be ‘devastating’ for students sitting exams

Secondary teachers’ union rejects ‘pathetic’ pay offer

Vote result comes after members of Scotland’s biggest teaching union voted to accept the 2021-22 teacher pay deal

Most teachers already fulfil ‘Parent Pledge’, new data reveals

New Teacher Tapp data shows some teacher support for the 'Parent Pledge' but very few think it will actually raise standards

School attainment gap funding to drop by £16.5m

The drop comes as the 2021-22 Covid ‘uplift’ in Pupil Equity Funding is removed, meaning some schools will be over £90,000 worse off in 2022-23

White Paper ‘risks watering down’ pupil premium

Warning over DfE plan to 'make it easier' for funding aimed at disadvantaged pupils to be spent on improving literacy and numeracy

Covid: No school vaccinations after this week

Schools will be asked to 'signpost' parents to walk-in centres for 5-11 jabs next month

Consider ending energy deals with Russian firms, heads told

Many schools and local authorities have contracts with Russian firm Gazprom

Scottish teacher pay offer: EIS members vote to accept

Large majority of voters back EIS stance on teacher pay offer, on a turnout of 45 per cent

New Schools Network misses out on free-school support contract

Three-year deal worth around £1.5m has instead been awarded to professional services firm Premier Advisory Group

SEND Green Paper: everything you need to know

DfE publishes plans to simplify EHCP process and make mainstream schools 'more inclusive', more than two years after launch of SEND review

Directing schools to admit pupils with SEND will be ‘game-changing’

Exclusive: Children's minister Will Quince also tells 91¶¶Òõ that the DfE will intervene where local councils are failing children and young people with SEND

Watch: Sector leaders debate White Paper in special 91¶¶Òõ panel

NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman said the new key stage 2 targets set out in the Schools White Paper will 'terrify' heads

DfE’s plan to move ‘coasting schools’ into MATs

Ministers intend to introduce new measure in September for schools 'not making necessary improvements'

Zahawi: Grammar school DNA should be ‘spread in the system’

Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi launched the DfE's new Schools White Paper at an East London school. 91¶¶Òõ outlines the key points from the event

Is this how to encourage creativity in school?

Creativity in schools is more important than ever in an economically uncertain and fast-changing world, says new guide

Schools could ask to move from academy trusts, under DfE plan

The DfE says it will carry out a review looking at how multi-academy trusts are held to account and the role of inspection

Secondary pupils suffered more learning loss in reading last autumn

The disadvantage gap has also continued to widen since the summer of 2021, research shows

DfE’s Parent Pledge a ‘policy gimmick’, say heads

How education leaders are responding to today's Schools White Paper

Schools White Paper: everything you need to know

Ministers have set targets for higher grades at GCSE, better Sats scores and all schools being in multi-academy trusts by 2030

DfE expects schools to run 32.5 hour week by 2023

Heads question policy announcement as most schools already operate under the suggested opening times

DfE must reveal ‘vital’ catch-up attendance data

Exclusive: The DfE has again refused to reveal attendance figures for its flagship catch-up tutoring programme, claiming that the ‘unvalidated’ data could ‘normalise a culture of cancelling tutoring sessions’

GCSEs and Sats will be used in Ofsted inspections this year

DfE announcement raises fears among heads, who warn many schools have not been able to deliver the full curriculum this year due to Covid

DfE plans £5m ‘attendance mentors’ to tackle absence

A government pilot scheme to help improve pupil attendance in certain areas of England was first mooted in last month's levelling up White Paper