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DfE corrects mistakes in 2018 primary testing data

The Department for Education has updated headline results for last year’s phonics screening check and key stage 1 SATs after mistakes in its original data release were identified. The department confirmed today that a number of changes had been made to a data release entitled phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments in England, […]

DfE ‘set councils up to fail’ on SEND reforms, says education committee

An influential committee of MPs has accused the Department for Education of having “set local authorities up to fail” in a damning report on the state of education for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. The parliamentary education committee criticised “serious errors” in how the government administered money and its failure to provide extra […]

Education committee SEND report: The 6 key recommendations

A cross-party committee of MPs has published a landmark report on the state of provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. The report from the parliamentary education committee, published today, makes a series of recommendations for government and other bodies. We’ve compiled a list of the recommendations most likely to affect schools.   […]

Schools lose £2.8m under English and maths retakes rule

Schools in England have lost more than £2.8 million in funding this year after failing to enrol thousands of sixth formers in additional English and maths classes. Analysis of funding allocation data by Schools Week’s sister paper FE Week shows the government reduced funding for 139 academies, 42 school sixth forms and 24 university technical […]

Ofqual plans new rules to tackle ‘vulnerability’ of 14 to 16 technical awards

The exams regulator Ofqual is planning to step up its regulation of technical qualifications offered to 14 to 16-year-old pupils, amid concerns they are open to “grade inflation or misuse”. Technical awards are level 1 and 2 qualifications with an applied or practical focus offered by some schools and colleges to pupils alongside GCSEs. They […]

No enforcement order against NASUWT over general secretary’s term of office

The NASUWT teachers’ union made a “genuine error” in failing to call an election before its general secretary’s term of office came to an end, the certification officer of trade unions has ruled. In a ruling issued following a hearing earlier this month, Sarah Bedwell said the union’s current election process was “sufficient to remedy” […]

Why exploration of MAT and LA-level pupil exits data is important

The Education Policy Institute was right to publish pupil exits data for MATs and councils, argues its research chief Natalie Perera. The publication of our report last week on ‘Unexplained pupil exits from schools’ has attracted some criticism because of our decision to publish the prevalence of such exits amongst individual MATs and LAs. Publishing data […]

Schools losing teacher goodwill over performance-related pay

Teachers are giving up running extra-curricular activities and leaving the profession after being denied pay progression because of issues outside their control. A union boss this week also warned of an “increasing groundswell of opinion” against performance-related pay (PRP), as teachers spoke of how being passed over for pay rises demoralised them and their colleagues. […]

‘Many more’ UTCs will switch to recruitment at 11

Two more university technical colleges have ditched their 14 to 18-year-old intakes to recruit at 11, with warnings “many more” will follow. UTCs in Plymouth and Wolverhampton have been granted permission to open to year 7s from next September. They join The Leigh UTC (pictured) in Dartford, Kent, which opened a feeder school on its […]