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27 April 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Williamson pledges to back teachers ‘all the way’ on exam grading

The education secretary has pledged to back teachers “all the way” in their efforts to award exam grades this summer, and accepted he will share the responsibility if there is a backlash on results days. In an exclusive interview with Schools Week this week, Gavin Williamson said the government was putting its “confidence and faith […]

Schools to get 拢10m Turing Scheme cash for 5,000 placements

Schools will receive £10 million in funding from the government’s Turing Scheme, Schools Week can reveal. £105 million in total has been promised to pay for 35,000 placements for the UK’s new international student exchange programme, which is set to get underway in September. In an interview with Schools Week’s sister paper FE Week, Ecorys, […]

Budget 2021 a ‘missed opportunity’ with no extra funding for schools

This year’s budget has been described as a “missed opportunity” for education after it failed to provide additional cash for schools. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget focused on measures to help the country recover economically from the pandemic, extending the furlough scheme until September and raising incentives to hire apprentices. But there was no extra funding […]

Watchdog fears public bodies will avoid statistical models following exam grading backlash

Public bodies may be “less willing” to use statistical models to support decisions in future after the system to award exam grades last year failed to “command public confidence”, the statistics watchdog has warned. A review by the Office for Statistics Regulation, the regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority, found the grading system prompted […]

Data reveals huge variation in spring term school attendance across England

Attendance in schools has varied hugely across England this term, new data shows, with rates in the week before half term up to eight times higher in some parts of the country than in others. Analysis by Schools Week of government data on attendance by local authority area shows secondary attendance on February 11 ranged […]

School attendance rises to over 18% after half term

School attendance rose to over 18 per cent in the week after half term, with an increase in secondary attendance for the first time in over a month. The latest attendance data published by the Department for Education shows attendance on February 25 was at 18.3 per cent, up from 15.9 per cent on February […]

National reference test 2021 pushed back to summer term

This year’s national reference test will take place between April 19 and May 21, after it was pushed back from the spring term. Ofqual introduced the National Reference Test in 2017 to provide more information about the awarding of GCSEs. Previous guidance had stated that the test would be conducted between February 22 and March 19 […]