Primaries fail to opt out of SATs 鈥� but say they won鈥檛 be testing FOI data reveals just 7 per cent of primary schools opted out of receiving KS1 papers
Oak CEO hunt surpasses a year Vacancy for 拢120k-a-year role remains unfilled 12 months since applications closed
Progress 8 pause: Heads call for wider review But some heads have warned the sector could creep back to GCSE pass grades being the accountability ‘king’
No school progress measure for next two years The Department for Education had explored alternative options, but concluded there is ‘no replacement’ for progress 8 measure
Calls for review of ‘undervalued’ climate education A third of secondary teachers did not believe they spent enough time teaching about climate change
NFER: MATs should create ‘director of SEND’ role SEND leaders are playing a ‘crucial role’ in fostering collaboration and assisting individual schools, researchers find
Capita loses 拢180m SATs contract to exam board Pearson Schools faced 鈥榮ignificant frustration鈥� during outsourcer鈥檚 first year, with thousands of papers going missing and wrong marks awarded
DfE ends funding for teaching school hubs sector body Officials praise Teaching Schools Hub Council for ‘careful stewardship’ of hubs network as cash pulled
SEND waiting list backlogs at risk of being 鈥榥ormalised鈥� Areas where pupils reach ‘crisis point before their needs are met’ escape government intervention