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A popular BTEC course sat by thousands of pupils every year is yet to have its new content approved for teaching from this September, leaving schools in turmoil across England. The Department for Education has still not said whether the new Pearson BTEC level one/two first award in business will count in school performance tables […]

Ofsted will not scrap its current grading system for schools, following “persuasive” lobbying from headteachers. The future of the four grades – ‘outstanding’, ‘good’, ‘requires improvement’ and ‘inadequate’ – has been the subject of intense speculation since chief inspector Amanda Spielman expressed her disquiet about the impact of the ‘outstanding’ rating on schools in 2016. […]

Not all teachers are professional, and it is up to heads to identify those who don’t do their best, Sir Michael Wilshaw has said. The former chief inspector of schools returned to the stage today at the Festival of Education for a grilling from the television personality Piers Morgan. Here’s what we learned. 1. Not […]

The government should pass a law to ban mobile phones from all schools in England, the former chief inspector of schools has said. Sir Michael Wilshaw told the Festival of Education at Wellington College today that ministers should follow the lead of the French government and ban the devices altogether during the school day. From […]

The culture secretary Matthew Hancock wants more schools to ban mobile phones in order to help protect children “in the digital age”. Writing in the Telegraph, the senior cabinet minister said he admires headteachers who “take a firm approach” in refusing to allow pupils to use mobile phones during the school day. Schools already have the freedom […]

The government’s pledge to pump an extra £20 billion into the NHS will put pressure on the Department for Education, MPs were warned today. Luke Sibieta, from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, told the parliamentary education committee that the policy announcement “poses quite severe challenges” for the DfE and other high-spending Whitehall departments. In the […]

Suffolk council is preparing controversial cuts to school transport that will “significantly impact” pupil numbers at schools around the county. The council’s cabinet will vote on Tuesday on whether to introduce changes that will mean children only get free transport if they attend their nearest school – the minimum service that must be provided by […]

More than 60 councils have been given permission to top-slice money from school budgets to make up for cuts to a central government grant. Councils stopped receiving the education services grant (ESG) last September, and the 2018-19 financial year is the first without transitional funding in place to soften the blow. The money town halls […]

Dominic Herrington, the regional schools commissioner for the south east of England and south London, will be the new national schools commissioner, Schools Week can exclusively reveal. The civil servant will replace outgoing commissioner Sir David Carter in September, but has only been appointed on an interim basis for six months, retaining his regional duties at […]