Apprentice teaching assistants: Exploitation or opportunity? Some schools and trusts are offering TA apprentices less than 拢7,000 a year
Rethink ‘flawed’ MFL GCSE reforms, heads and exam boards urge Nine organisations question plan to make students learn a set of up to 1,700 frequently-used words
Autumn GCSE exam entries drop two thirds Exams organised for pupils unhappy with teacher-assessed grades receive just 5,700 entries
Improve outreach work if you want to charge higher fees, universities told John Blake appointed to help regulator push institutions to improve access and partnership plans
Anti-vaxxers who threaten schools and pupils ‘will be arrested’ – Zahawi Education secretary says protesters ‘should not be going anywhere near a school’
New uniform guidance: What schools need to know DfE publishes statutory school uniform guidance for the first time
Final ITT review ‘more implementable’, says DfE adviser Professor Sam Twiselton, who criticised review, says final proposals are ‘more flexible, more doable’, and hints at implementation delay
DfE director Jonathan Duff to become east of England RSC Current postholder Sue Baldwin steps down next year
DfE widens eligibility criteria for academic mentors scheme All schools with more than 30% of pupils on pupil premium can access the programme