Councils with SEND cash black holes to get new cost-cutter visits Ministers ‘laying the foundations’ for new reforms under delayed SEND review
Heads want tutor money directly after NTP ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ Staff ‘don’t have the capacity’ to sign pupils up to flagship programme
Ministers urged to review exams plan amid covid disruption School leaders concerned ‘trust in the fairness of exams process will falter’
Ombudsman wants to intervene over academy admission disputes LGSCO role does not currently cover academies
Flagship tutor scheme ‘scandalously’ short of targets – with just 8% of mentoring provided Official figures reveal flagging take-up of approved tuition, as schools choose to go their own way
Online GCSEs ‘by 2025’, as AQA launches major pilot Up to 2,500 secondary school students from between 60 and 100 schools will trial online GCSEs
How effective are face masks in the classroom? Minsters have published the evidence behind their decision to bring back face coverings in the classroom
Unions to challenge heads who follow DfE ‘combine classes’ advice Five education unions say the government guidance aimed at keeping pupils in school will only increase Covid transmission