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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 face more scrutiny on ‘avoidable absence’
DfE plans to introduce new rules on school attendance and parental fines in a bid to reduce pupil absence
Masks to continue in Welsh schools until half term
Following February half term the expectation is that schools will decide if masks and other measures are necessary
Schools’ return fuels rise in pupil Covid cases
With an increase in Covid cases among under-15s in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has resisted calls to lift guidance on face masks in schools
5 problems with the NTP, according to school leaders
Tutors from the government's Covid catch-up scheme are not always 'very good with children', head tells MPs
Covid: Pupil absence jumps by 100K in two weeks
Nearly a quarter of state schools also have more than 15 per cent of teachers and leaders off work
Teachers told to get pupils ‘up out of their seats’ to learn
Pupils should be physically active throughout the day – not just in PE lessons, MSPs have been told
‘Nigh on impossible’ to hire supply teachers, MPs told
Schools are struggling to plug the gaps caused by Covid-related staff absence, leaders tell Commons education committee
Less than 2 in 5 teachers feel confident in their role
Exclusive: New survey shows rising workload concerns and a sharp drop in confidence of school staff during Covid pandemic
GCSEs 2022: Call to release advance topics sooner
School leaders urge the government not to wait until 7 February to reveal details of topics to be covered in GCSE and A-level exams
Need to know: DfE’s plans for academies
Senior officials from the DfE faced MPs' questions about academies and finances this afternoon. Here is everything you need to know
Pausing music ‘not intended to imply’ subject ‘hierarchy’
Ofqual chair Ian Bauckham responds to teacher anger over his suggestion to tackle high staff absence by suspending 'specialist subjects'
DfE ‘wastes’ 1000s of face masks on primary schools
Exclusive: Confusion as DfE sends face coverings to primaries
1 in 8 schools record high carbon dioxide levels
But DfE insists that most schools can tackle these high readings with 'quick fixes' such as opening windows
IB chief considers move to online assessment
Olli-Pekka Heinonen tells 91¶¶Òõ he is leading work to 'create the conditions' for digital assessment – but IB leaders in schools have plenty of questions
£1,000 for schools to support vaccine roll out
DfE also announces 1,000 more air purifiers for schools – despite previously saying any more would be a 'waste of taxpayers' money'
Call to end P1 SNSAs and divert money to school ventilation
Concerns raised after 91¶¶Òõ Scotland revealed the cost of the next phase of national standardised assessments
Poorer GCSE students have missed 8 weeks of school
Exclusive: Year 11s have been out of classrooms for five weeks, on average, since September 2020 – on top of school closures
Scale of Covid pupil absences in Scotland revealed
Over half of secondary students have had at least some time off school in 2021-22 for ‘a Covid-related reason’
PM tells schools to follow rules to ditch masks in class
Boris Johnson says schools should 'follow the guidance' after some said they would continue to recommend masks due to high Covid rates
Exclusive: Nadhim Zahawi on what he is going to do next
In his first major interview on his plans for the sector, the education secretary explains why he is in a 'hurry' to make changes, and where those changes will happen
Third of teachers warn of 18-month learning gap
Catch-up survey shows primary teachers fear the gap is wider than secondary colleagues after disruption caused by the pandemic
IB to repeat dual assessment approach
IBO also says it will set 'appropriate grade boundaries' to recognise the disruption caused by education over the past few months
Lifting of class mask rule ‘balanced and proportionate’
Health secretary defends the government's decision to end mask-wearing in secondary classrooms today but heads say the way it was announced was 'disrespectful'
£63K a month bills: soaring energy prices hit schools
Schools seeing their energy bills rise by more than 100 per cent warn they will have to cut back on teacher recruitment