DfE worried own catch-up plan ‘insufficient’ to fix learning loss Official documents reveal DfE predicted earlier this year its recovery efforts could fail
Catch-up mentors used as teaching cover, report reveals Mentors redeployed during periods of ‘particularly high’ staff absences
Zahawi unveils new 17-member ‘attendance alliance’ Academy trust leaders will also form a sub-alliance to identify best practice
Cabinet secretary to investigate DfE Christmas party, says top civil servant Acland-Hood also admits she attended December 10 ‘gathering’
School leadership supply ‘on the brink’ as headship aspiration ‘plummets’ Over half of deputy heads and middle leaders now say they don’t aspire to headship
Charities contemplate challenging Randstad for NTP contract Tutor Trust CEO says Zahawi should ‘look seriously’ at whether to use break clause
Ofsted annual report 2020-21: 8 things we learned Ofsted has lost sight of more primary pupils and says reintegration of AP children ‘not a reality’
Ministers step in to ‘step up’ tutoring scheme uptake Walker flags participation issues as DfE claims releasing official figures will create ‘unclear public messages’ on programme’s reach
Stephen Morgan named as shadow schools minister And Helen Hayes becomes shadow children’s minister as Labour completes reshuffle